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Op-Ed: Imagining Downtown Brooklyn Without the BQE
Here's what Downtown Brooklyn could look like without the BQE and its ramps slicing through it.
January 9, 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
A Round and a Roundy: The Five Stages of LaGuardia AirTrain Grief
Obviously our cartoonist and national treasure, Bill Roundy, has been reading Streetsblog this week!
January 7, 2020
‘Master Builder’ Cuomo Pitches Old Proposal For New ‘Penn Station South’
A possibly $8-billion proposal would raise the total number of train tracks at Penn Station to 29 and serve 175,000 commuters per day, the governor said.
January 7, 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
Op-Ed: Stop the Runaway LaGuardia AirTrain
New York should pull the plug on this $2-billion boondoggle. But the governor wants it, so it is hurtling ahead.
January 3, 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
Mayor’s MTA Board Member Blasts Toll Rebates To One Million Car Commuters
Veronica Vanterpool, who is leaving the board, "vehemently" opposes a giveback to drivers on the Henry Hudson and Cross Bay bridges.
December 17, 2019
Monday’s Headlines: Weekend of Carnage/Morning of Times Idiocy Edition
Lots of crashes, plus more news from the weekend.
December 9, 2019
New LaGuardia Bike Policy Blames Cyclists for Ruining Drivers’ Lives
The very wording of a new policy makes it clear that the agency considers bikes a nuisance.
December 9, 2019
