OPINION: Five Cheap Ways To Improve the Subway
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The MTA could help fix its bottom line by caging tips from other subways around the world.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Trains
Kiss Me On The Bus(way): A Mass Transportation Playlist
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What we need is music to remind us of the joy, the efficiency and yes, the messiness of the bus and the train. And we at Streetsblog have put together a whole playlist about our humble transit system. Give a listen!
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.
KOMANOFF: Investing Congestion Revenues in Better Train Signals Could Save New Yorkers Lots of Time
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Here's the best use of congestion pricing toll revenue: Making subway trains run faster.
Feds Must Fix Hudson River Tunnel Before Catastrophic Failure Cripples New York
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The Regional Plan Association estimates that a failure of the tunnel would cost billions to the New York region and send home values plummeting.
From Streetfilms: Los Angeles — The Great American Transit Experiment
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Clarence Eckerson is back with a look at major transit expansions in the City of Angels.