The construction on the Gowanus Viaduct is quickly becoming an issue in the F Express plan. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
Everyone likes the F Express plan. Over 3600 people have signed the petition, and MTA board members have voiced their support. The plan would even give meaning to the neglected V train. But the MTA is [...]
Michael Rundle, reporter for Metro, one of the city’s free daily newspapers, called me last week to talk subways. Specifically, we chatted about the recent proliferation of blogs talking about the MTA and the city’s subways.
It all started a few months ago with the F Express plan. During the major push for this plan — [...]
MTA workers lay out the floor on the downtown IND platform at Columbus Circle. (Photo by Benjamin Kabak.)
It’s hard to find a station in worse shape right now than the Columbus Circle hub. The station — a key transfer point between the West Side IRT and the 8th Ave. and 6th Ave. lines — is [...]
Leave it to amNY to bury the lead. In an obvious article about how the subways smell, the most interesting quote from a rider came in third graph, nearly 100 poorly written words into the article.
“The further you go uptown in Manhattan, and anywhere in the Bronx, it gets pretty bad,” Jamie Rocha said [...]
When it rains, it pours, especially along the flood-prone Queens Boulevard lines. (Photo by flickr user chrisj)
As the MTA and the City of New York begin the long process of addressing systemic problems that came to light during last week’s subway flood and subsequent system-wide outage, economists studying climate change say New York and other [...]
Back in March, Deputy New York Police Department Commissioner Richard Falkenrath spoke in front of Congress about the federal government’s woefully inadequate contributions to NYC’s anti-terror funding. Today, the government acknowledging that it was listening.
According to a report on CBS, the Department of Homeland Security is set to announce that New York City with [...]
One of the more annoying parts of modern technology these days are those buildings with the Captivate Network television sets embedded into the elevators. If you haven’t seen them yet, check out 250 W. 57th St. to experience the joys of being bombarded with stupid news, stock quotes, the weather for Santa Fe and [...]
Following last week’s communications debacle on Wednesday, the MTA is looking to establish a real-time text message alert system for service delays, amNY reported today.
Marlene Naanes has more:
Text messages alerting passengers that a train is not running are far from reality, but a task force the MTA created after last week’s transit meltdown is [...]
My former Woodley Park Metro stop lies empty. (Photo courtesy of flickr user DruhScoff)
Allow me to journey out of New York City for a little while and away from the beleaguered MTA. Allow me to depart from congestion fee victories and communications upgrades until this afternoon. Let’s instead turn to my former haunt (for ten [...]
Sewell Chan at the Cityroom blog reports that the Feds are kicking back $354 million to the City for Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan. This is a victory for the environment, for the MTA which will enjoy the benefits of the plan, and for opponents of a city overrun by automobiles.
However, despite this grant, [...]
