ANALYSIS: LGA AirTrain is Andrew Cuomo’s $2B Parking Lot
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UPDATED: The real motivator behind the Backwards LaGuardia AirTrain, a toy train for the business class, is not transit. It's cars.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Light Rail
Op-Ed: Stop the Runaway LaGuardia AirTrain
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New York should pull the plug on this $2-billion boondoggle. But the governor wants it, so it is hurtling ahead.
AirTrain Fare Hike Could Send Riders to the Roads
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A regressive move that won't help help regional congestion or economic goals.
BQX Advocates Make Pitch for Trolley — But Critics Push Back
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Mayor de Blasio needs to just abandon his beloved $2.7-billion BQX streetcar, opponents said Thursday at the City Council's first trolley task force hearing.
North Carolina Lawmakers Try to Sabotage Durham-Orange Light Rail
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State lawmakers in North Carolina launched a sneak attack this week on plans for light rail between Durham and Orange County — and nobody’s sure exactly who’s behind it or why they did it. Leaders in Durham and Orange are counting on the state to deliver about 10 percent of the funding for the $1.5 billion, […]
Take a Look and Vote on the New Proposals for a Car-Free 42nd Street
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For nearly 15 years, a group of architects and planners who go under the banner of Vision42 have advocated for a car-free 42nd Street with light rail and expanded pedestrian space [PDF]. Hoping to catch the interest of the de Blasio administration, last spring the group launched a competition seeking conceptual designs for a re-imagined 42nd Street. Now the […]