Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Port Authority

Transportation Alternatives will provide bike valet service at the Port Authority this spring. Photo: Asterisk611/Flickr

TransAlt (Not The City) Is Bringing Secure Bike Parking to the Port Authority Bus Terminal

By Dave Colon | Apr 9, 2021 | No Comments

Fresh off a January report about the crushing need for secure bike parking, Transportation Alternatives and friends will run a bike parking pilot program at the Port Authority Bus Terminal from next week to mid-June.

Gov. Cuomo argued for federal stimulus money for the AirTrain last May.

Cuomo’s ‘Wrong Way AirTrain’ Boondoggle Moves Ahead

By Eve Kessler | Mar 16, 2021 | No Comments

The LaGuardia AirTrain gets a shot in the arm — but is it (and the governor) still relevant?

The AirTrain at JFK. The Port Authority raised the fare of the AirTrains at JFK and Newark in 2019, while car traffic to the airports face no tolls on access roads. Photo: Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons

OPINION: Time for Our Airports To Put Transit First

By Sean Scott | Feb 19, 2021 | No Comments

The Port Authority charges a $7.75 fare for its AirTrain passengers, but no tolls on its access roads. Why is it privileging car drivers, further congesting our roads and dirtying our air?

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is putting out renderings of its proposed $10-billion bus terminal.

Friday’s Headlines: ‘Port’ in a Storm Edition

By Streetsblog | Jan 22, 2021 | No Comments

The big news yesterday was, "We're getting a new bus terminal!" Oh, if it was only that easy. Plus all the other news (including the press corps going after Mayor de Blasio!).

A rendering of the proposed LGA AirTrain. Coronavirus-related Port Authority budget shortfalls are imperiling its future. Image: Governor's Office

OPINION: The LaGuardia AirTrain Makes Even Less Sense After COVID

By Frank Taylor and James Carriero | Sep 22, 2020 | No Comments

Air travel is busted, and the Port Authority is broke. Can we bail on this boondoggle now?

The proposed route of the LGA AirTrain runs along the Grand Central Parkway and Flushing Bay to Willets Point. Image: Governor's Office

Engineers: It’s Willets Point or Nothing for LGA AirTrain

By Eve Kessler | Sep 21, 2020 | No Comments

Former top transportation officials write to the FAA in support of the troubled project.

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