New York Mass Transit

Creative Ideas for NYC Transportation

Tom Allon | Posted 05.19.2012

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Tom Allon

Voters will and should hold a mayor's feet to the fire on mass transit. Our commerce, in fact our entire citizenry, benefits from mass transit.

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East River Ferry Is Ferry Popular

Posted 12.18.2011

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Ridership on the East River Ferry, which had its maiden voyage back in June, has exceeded everyone's expectations. 448,670 people took a trip on a ...

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How New York City Became Walk, Bike And Transit Friendly

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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When I was growing up, I always thought of New York City as a sprawling, traffic-clogged mess. Yet from supporting bike to work day through greening M...

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A Sustainable City Requires Increased Mass Transit Subsidies

Steven Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York State Assembly, New York Mass Transit, New York Mta, Transportation Subsidies, Mta Budget Cuts, Shelly Silver, Sheldon Silver, Mta, New York News
Steven Cohen

As New York City moves to advance its sustainability agenda, New York State's relentless budget crisis is having a dramatic impact on the cost structure of the region's mass transit.

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Does Bloomberg Really Want to Save Mass Transit?

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Congress, Mayor Bloomberg, The Bronx, Mass-Transit, New York State, New York City Capital Budget, Subway-7-Line, Kingsbridge Armory, New York Mass Transit, Related Companies, Albany-New York, New York City, Transportation, New York News
John Petro

If Mayor Bloomberg is keen to improve mass transit in New York City, he should begin by making a larger commitment from the city's huge capital budget.

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Mayor wants F train on fast track -- but he doesn't control the MTA

Brooklyn Paper | Mike McLaughlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Subway Rider Claims Operator Let Child Drive Train

NBC New York | Jennifer Millman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Driving a subway is so easy an 8-year-old could do it -- and one straphanger claims that's who he saw behind the controls of his train. Jules Cattie,...

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Subway 7 Line Voted Best In City: Report

New York Post | Tom Namako | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's 7th heaven for some straphangers. The No. 7 line was rated the best ride in the subway system by a new Straphanger's Campaign report released tod...

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NY Subway Lines Rated On Cleanliness

New York Times | Michael M. Grynbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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Queens commuters and Mets die-hards, rejoice: the No. 7 train, which stretches west to east from Times Square in Manhattan out to Flushing, Queens (wi...

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