Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Infrastructure

GOP to Biden: Don’t Force Progressive Politics on Highway Projects

By Eve Kessler | Jan 21, 2022 | No Comments

Republican governors banded together to thwart the federal government's push to use the new $1.2-trillion infrastructure package to promote progress on climate change, jobs and racial justice.

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Chicago Study Reaffirms Speed Cameras are Saving Lives

By John Greenfield | Jan 9, 2022 | No Comments

Crashes near speed cameras have stayed relatively low.

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Lemonade From Lemons: Six Improvements Worth Celebrating Within Flawed Infrastructure Bill

By Kea Wilson | Dec 10, 2021 | No Comments

These are some of the IIJA's most notable successes — even if some of them are pretty incremental.

The portal to the future Gateway tunnel being constructed at Hudson Yards in the west 30s in 2014. Photo: MTA/Patrick Cashin

OPINION: Biden Should Link Gateway Program and Climate Goals

By Bob Previdi, Mysore Nagaraja and Howard Sackel | Sep 10, 2021 | No Comments

The $30-billion Northeast Corridor investment could force the integration of regional rail — and lead to much less driving and flying.

New York's economy would be paralyzed if the 110-year-old Gateway Tunnel were to collapse.

No, Really, the Time to Build the Gateway Tunnel is (Again) Now, New Cost Estimate Shows

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 27, 2021 | No Comments

Hey, Amtrak Joe — it's time to live up to your nickname.

Andrew Cuomo, demonstrating his power over the MTA. File photo: Dave Colon

OPINION: Andrew Cuomo Wanted to Be Robert Moses (And That Was Terrible)

By Benjamin Kabak | Aug 24, 2021 | No Comments

Which Robert Moses was Andrew Cuomo? The master builder ... or the one everyone ultimately just wanted to see leave? We believe the latter.

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