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Hoping to explain the rash of subway delays, the media often rely on a study funded by two corporations that later took contracts with the MTA to work on the…

ByMoshe Adler 0Comments

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May 2017

Uncategorized

Your Chance to Comment on Our Region’s $496B Transit To-Do List

A regional roadmap for federal transportation funding forecasts that by 2045, the metro area will see a million more transit trips every day and a doubling in the amount of…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2017

Economy Housing and Homelessness

How to Deal with the Coming L-pocalypse? One Idea is to Ban Cars from 14th Street

The city needs to come up with a plan to deal with the looming shutdown of the L train. One idea gaining steam would be a transit no-brainer and a…

ByNeil deMause 7Comments

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Jun 2016

Uncategorized

MoveNY Plan Picks Up Senate Supporters, Edges Forward

The MoveNY Fair Plan now exists in proposed form in both the state Senate and Assembly. Advocates hope the MTA’s cash crunch will convince more lawmakers to sign on in…

ByRoshan Abraham 0Comments

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Mar 2016

Opinion

No Backspace: The Only Thing New About Uber is Who’s Making Money Off It

Big players in the for-hire car industry have been redefining the role of workers for years. But now Wall Street has a ready way to cash in on the…

ByKatie Unger 1Comment

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Dec 2015

Government

Will Expanding Citi Bike Require Taxpayer Funding?

Unlike its counterparts in other cities, Citi Bike is privately financed. But amid a push for it to serve more neighborhoods, and with city law requiring the company to publicize…

ByJack D'Isidoro 17Comments

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May 2015

Opinion

Note to TLC: Don’t Kill Community-Based Car Services

A representative of the livery-cab industry argues for the Taxi & Limousine Commission to reject proposed rules at its meeting this week because they do more harm than good for…

BySteven Shanker 0Comments

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Mar 2015

Opinion

Neighborhoods Need the Livery Base Bill

If protecting neighborhood riders is more important that shoring up the profits of Uber and Lyft, two livery industry officials write, then the TLC should support a bill to regulate…

ByFelix Suero and Jose Viloria 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Investigations

Unlikely Key to NY's Mass Transit Hopes: The Automobile?

A new toll proposal reflects transit truths: Many drivers have few transit options, many subway lines couldn’t handle large numbers of drivers who gave up their cars, and toll revenue…