NYC Transit Chief Urges Lawmakers to Fix $35 Billion Gap
The head of New York City’s transit network is urging state lawmakers to resolve a $35 billion funding gap to help modernize ...
New Yorkers Keep Dying From ‘Subway Surfing.’ What’s Being Done About It?
More than a dozen New Yorkers, many young boys, have been killed or badly injured in recent years while attempting to climb ...
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Former New York congressman to head federal transit agency: news reports
Former New York congressman Marc Molinaro is set to be named as head of the Federal Transit Administration, the New York ...
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Transit Briefs: MARTA, Sound Transit, NYMTA
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) unveils its first CQ400 train from Stadler. Also, Seattle’s Sound ...
NY county sick of being ‘MTA’s ATM’ with little service in return — and wants out of transit agency: pols
Orange County has had enough of being used as an ATM for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and now officials want to ...
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NYPD Commissioner Tisch unveils new transit safety plan in State of NYPD address
In her first speech at the helm of the NYPD, Commissioner Jessica Tisch promised a safer New York. “A safe city free from fear ... crime is on the decline. The transit crime plan includes ...
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Trump to New York: Want money for trains, tunnels and bridges? Get married and make babies
To win transportation funding under the new Donald ... toward New York City transportation projects — said the Democratic leader was confident that the Empire State’s transit network would ...
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Sixth of a Series: What Does ‘Through-Running’ Mean in New York?
Throughout this series so far, I have looked at the concept of through-running as applied or envisioned in several different cities: Philadelphia, Toronto and Los Angeles. It was not applied in Boston ...