Mayor, Lawmakers, Media Push on Transit Surplus Mayor Giuliani said this week he supported calls to the MTA to offer NYC Transit riders 12 rides for the price of 10 for Metrocard purchases of $15 or more. Such a move would roll the city subway ...
JFK Rail Plan Hits Old Wall The Port Authority was disappointed by the Federal Aviation Administration this week, when the federal agency declined to approve or deny authority for the PA to spend funds collected from NYC ...
Support Grows for New Hudson Rail Link When we recently urged the agencies involved with the "Access to the Region's Core" project to get on with building a political coalition around the need for additional trans-Hudson passenge...
Big Long Island Study a Major Disappointment Fifty-two percent of 600 Long Islanders calling in to a televised transportation "town hall" meeting Weds. night on Channel 21 think increased bus and train service should be top priority ...
Bronx Welcomes Safe Routes To School In October, Transportation Alternatives began work to improve conditions for Bronx pedestrians, especially children. The initiative has met with an enthusiastic response from government officia...
Brooklyn's Transportation Needs Virtually all -- 92% -- of roadway capital funds slated for Brooklyn in the region's capital program are devoted to two large regional projects -- the Gowanus Expressway and the Shore Parkway (...
Pedestrian Fatality Spurs Anti-Bike Backlash NYC's beleaguered bicyclists faced what one called a "public branding" in the wake of the death Wednesday of pedestrian Arthur Kaye on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Kaye, 68, died from head injuries in...
