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Costa Constantinides: Break the Car Culture of Queens — With Better Transit and More Biking!
"Our borough is long overdue for a holistic transit plan that provides reliable bus and subway service to get people out of their cars," said the would-be Queens borough president. Vote on March 24.
March 10, 2020
Op-Ed: Commuter-Train Fare Cut Doesn’t Help Low-Income New Yorkers
Even with an intracity discount, the MTA continues to prop up a system of transit Apartheid.
March 4, 2020
AOC to FAA: Not Good Enough on LaGuardia AirTrain
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t buying the Federal Aviation Administration’s rationale for discarding alternatives to the LaGuardia AirTrain.
February 19, 2020
Op-Ed: The Queens Bus-Network Redesign May Hurt Transit Deserts
The MTA plan would strand Eastern Queens residents and send them back to their cars. But better, cheaper LIRR access could be a game changer.
January 27, 2020
ANALYSIS: LGA AirTrain is Andrew Cuomo’s $2B Parking Lot
UPDATED: The real motivator behind the Backwards LaGuardia AirTrain, a toy train for the business class, is not transit. It's cars.
January 24, 2020
Op-Ed: The LaGuardia AirTrain Dog-and-Pony Show
An FAA open house on the LGA AirTrain and alternatives showed the governing class's disdain for transit.
January 15, 2020
AOC to FAA: No on LGA AirTrain
The Congress member wrote to the FAA blasting the lack of transparency around project, which would reside in her district.
January 13, 2020
Op-Ed Round 2: Kabak Rebuts Port Authority Chief’s Pro LaGuardia AirTrain Piece
Round two of our "Blood Sport at the Airport"!
January 8, 2020
Op-Ed: Current LGA AirTrain Route is the Best, Greenest Transit Option
Alternative proposals are fatally flawed, argues the Port Authority executive director.
January 6, 2020
Queens Coalition Brings Last-Ditch Effort to Sink ‘Wrong Way’ LaGuardia AirTrain
Local groups ask Cuomo to halt plans so that the state can conduct an independent environmental review.
January 2, 2020