You Can’t Know What You Don’t Know
Life is a journey, and each stop along the way is an opportunity to learn something. New experiences can provide perspectives that are different from what we’re used to. And the more eye-opening experiences we have, the better we’re able to understand the perspectives of other people. In terms of transportation, our experiences are often […]
Wednesday Winners (and Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. Winners New York Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz and State Senators Marisol Alcantara and Daniel Squadron — Dinowitz, Alcantara and Squadron joined New York City’s Bus Turnaround Coalition to ask Governor Cuomo — in a letter signed by 67 state elected […]
Wednesday Winners (and Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. Winners New Haven Department of Transportation — The City of New Haven is installing the Nutmeg State’s first parking-protected cycle track this week, something that would have been impossible just two years ago. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and […]
Wednesday Winners (& Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. WINNERS New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Councilmember Jimmy Vacca and Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg — During a tense Throggs Necks Merchants Association meeting last week, Mayor de Blasio, Councilmember Vacca and Commissioner Trottenberg defended a Vision Zero […]
Wednesday Winners (& Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. WINNERS New York Assemblymember Deborah Glick, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, Councilmembers Helen Rosenthal and Jimmy Van Bramer and Brooklyn M.S. 51 students — This group of New York City electeds and students went to Albany to push legislation that […]
Wednesday Winners (& Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. WINNERS President Barack Obama — President Obama proposed a $10-per-barrel fee on oil to generate $320 billion over the next 10 years to invest in mass transit, high-speed rail, self-driving car research and other green transportation initiatives. New York […]
New York 2015: Looking Back on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
You might have thought the biggest transportation story coming out of New York this year was about a pizza-loving rodent, but if you’ve been paying attention, you might have heard about Citi Bike upgrades and expansion, a debate between the governor and the mayor over the MTA, progress on a highway-to-boulevard conversion in Rochester and two […]
Wednesday Winners (& Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. WINNERS New York City Councilmembers Helen Rosenthal and Mark Levine — Councilmembers Rosenthal and Levine urged the DOT to install a protected bike lane and pedestrian islands on the Upper West Side’s crash-prone Amsterdam Avenue. Second Avenue Subway […]
Wednesday Winners (& Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. WINNERS New Yorkers — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (finally) reached an agreement on how to fund the MTA’s five-year capital program. Hoboken, NJ — The city launched the first phase of its long-awaited […]
Looking Beyond the First Giant Step of the MTA Capital Plan Deal
This past weekend brought a collective sigh of relief to the New York metropolitan region. The “deal” brokered between Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio will provide the transit system with a $26.1 billion investment in the 2015-2019 capital program. While substantially less than the $29 billion initially identified by the MTA as the floor funding need, once signed this agreement will […]