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The city's Zero Street Team operating in the Bronx in 2019.
In his State of the City speech, Mayor de Blasio announced a new NYPD Vision Zero Unit to crack down on dangerous driving behavior, like failure to yield. But data shows many drivers who get summonses for that offense face no penalties.
Entre los usuarios que todavía esperan ser incluidos en el programa de Fair Fares se encuentran los usuarios de Access-a-Ride, el servicio de automóviles operado por MTA para los neoyorquinos con discapacidades que les dificultan o imposibilitan el uso del metro o del autobús.
A spokeswoman for the mayor’s office says the city is looking into the possibility of extending Fair Fares to eligible Access-a-Ride customers.
The study will look at the potential of adding “subway, commuter rail, light rail or bus service” along the Bay Ridge Branch, a 16-mile existing freight line that runs from Astoria to Bay Ridge.
In the last three years, the governor—or the MTA, at the governor’s behest—has established expert groups to tackle issues like transit system homelessness, subway train speeds, repairing the L train tunnel and revamping Penn Station.
Some say the plan fails to provide meaningful service improvements that would draw riders back to the bus.
Cycling advocates see promise in recent city initiatives but say they’d like to see the administration take more aggressive action overall when it comes to transforming New York’s streets.
“There isn’t a shortage of stories in the Haitian community,” says publisher Vania Andre, who spoke with City Limits about her plans for the future of the longtime news outlet, which covers the Haitian diaspora.
El legislador, que representa a los vecindarios del 10º Distrito del Consejo de Inwood, Marble Hill y Washington Heights, dio pocos detalles sobre el plan
‘There’s a whole movement nationwide to make transportation free. I will be leading that initiative,’ Rodriguez said Wednesday during a press conference about the planned expansion of Fair Fares, an existing city program that offers half-priced MetroCards to certain residents living at or below the poverty line.