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Transportation
Opinion
Increase Penn Station’s capacity with fewer platforms
While Gov. Cuomo’s ambition to improve capacity is commendable, the recently announced plan is all wrong.
Transportation
Opinion
High-speed rail between Buffalo and NYC isn’t cost-effective
Instead, Gov. Andrew Cuomo should invest in local transit improvements all over the state.
Bill de Blasio
Policy
Why returning NYC’s freight transportation to the waterways won’t work
New York City has initiated a $100 million plan to try to solve the city’s age-old problems with freight transportation. But the city’s attempt to go back to the future by returning shipping to the waterways won’t solve many of the worst freight-traffic problems.
MTA
Opinion
The MTA’s flashy new plan won’t solve the delays
Upgraded signals could provide significant service improvement, but to fully deliver speed and reliability would require changes to operating practices as well.
Transportation
Opinion
Free street parking in Manhattan is a rip-off
Stopping suburbanites from parking in Upper Manhattan should only be the beginning of parking reform.
Andrew Cuomo
Opinion
New skyscrapers near Penn Station are a good idea
New skyscrapers near Penn Station are the ideal way to finance the station's reconstruction.
MTA
Opinion
Andy Byford reformed transit in Toronto. Can he do it in NYC?
New York City's new transit chief innovated in Toronto. His new home could use some of that.
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