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Report: City Needs to Do Lots of Legwork to be Hospitable to Electric Buses
It's not just plug-and-play. Officials need to do more work to secure the pollution-free transit future.
December 4, 2020
Senate ‘Skinny’ COVID Bill Leaves Mass Transit Starving
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators revealed a coronavirus compromise bill on Tuesday morning that provides less than half of what transit agencies need, an offer that advocates and transit agencies greeted with like being given a lump of coal on Christmas.
December 1, 2020
Bronx Cyclist Injuries Will Keep Rising Without Protected Bike Infrastructure, Advocates Say
If you don't build it, they will come — and get hurt.
December 1, 2020
So What Is the Deal With The Governor And This New Gateway Project Report?
The Big Dog thinks he knows the best plan for an essential, but long-stalled, rail project. What is he doing?
November 30, 2020
A Year Later: Central Park is No Safer Than When Beloved Doctor Was Killed
One year after a cyclist was killed by a bus driver on one of Central Park's transverses, nothing has changed to make riding crosstown through the park safer, a flagrant disregard for the memory of the beloved doctor and a simple lack of ongoing concern for bike riders.
November 29, 2020
It’s Time for DOT to Create ‘Bike Boulevards’ — So What’s a Bike Boulevard?
In short, it's a quick, cheap and easy way to create a network of low-stress cycling routes.
November 22, 2020
As the MTA Waits (And Waits) for Washington Relief, More People Are Looking to Cuomo to Save Transit
Doesn't this train go through Albany?
November 20, 2020
License Revoked For Driver Who Killed 10-Year-Old Boy Last Year
The Department of Motor Vehicles has revoked the license of the driver who killed a 10-year-old boy waiting at a bus stop in Midwood last year, a driver whom Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez declined to prosecute.
November 17, 2020
MTA Prepares To Borrow $3B From Federal Reserve
The MTA Board is expected to approve a resolution that would allow the agency to borrow the maximum amount from the Municipal Liquidity Facility fund.
November 17, 2020
Monday’s Headlines: Day of Remembrance Edition
Once again, the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims came as the city finds itself in the midst of a blood tide of violence on our streets. That story, and more, by clicking the headline above.
November 16, 2020
