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Can New York City Fix Its Deadly ‘Conduit’ to JFK Airport?
The extra-wide medians on Conduit could fit 46 football fields, which combined with extra-wide travel lanes makes the strip prone to speeding and crashes.
May 13, 2025
‘Travel Hack’: Port Authority Pushes Airport Driving to Avoid Its Pricey AirTrain Fare
Use this trick to undermine our own service, the Port Authority says.
November 25, 2024
Boob Tube: Brooklyn, Queens Leaders Want DOT to Fix Dangerous Conduit Ave.
The borough presidents of Brooklyn and Queens say it is "urgent" that the Department of Transportation transform the crash-prone sluice.
December 14, 2023
Opinion: Why is Jamaica’s AirTrain Terminal So Awful?
It was the best of stations; it was the worst of stations.
May 19, 2023
OPINION: Time for Our Airports To Put Transit First
February 19, 2021
AirTrain Fare Hike Could Send Riders to the Roads
A regressive move that won't help help regional congestion or economic goals.
October 4, 2019
A Man was Run Down and Killed 5 Years Ago on Rockaway Blvd. Nothing Has Been Done to Prevent Another Death
A deadly Queens intersection where an airport worker was run down and killed five years ago still lacks a simple crosswalk.
November 22, 2018
Cuomo’s Priorities: $2 Billion to Cram More Cars on the Van Wyck
While New Yorkers deal with slower buses and a subway system stretched to its limits, Andrew Cuomo is raring to spend $2 billion adding lanes to the Van Wyck. He says it will improve air quality, but that runs counter to everything we know about how highways work.
January 19, 2017
Pricing is Alive. JFK Rail Link and SMART Fund May be Dead.
Annie Karni reports in today's New York Sun that the outlines of a congestion pricing bill may be hammered out in Albany before Memorial Day, though not exactly as Mayor Bloomberg initially proposed.
May 21, 2007