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How connectivity is coming to New York City's subway
Boldyn Networks’ Jeff Garte, Head of U.S. Transit and Government Solutions, sits down with City & State to discuss how investing $1 billion in NYC’s critical digital infrastructure will be a game changer for communities and subway riders
Opinion
Opinion: NYC’s for-hire drivers are on the brink. Let’s give them a lifeline.
The city’s excessive insurance requirements are bankrupting taxi and rideshare drivers.
NYPD
Brownsville City Council member asks: Why haven’t the mayor or the NYPD visited victims of Sunday’s subway shooting?
Two bystanders were shot, and one was left brain-dead, when cops opened fire in a subway station on Sunday.
Opinion
Opinion: The BQE is 75 years old. It’s time to tear it down.
New York City must fix its past mistakes and stop prioritizing cars over people.
Transportation
Eric Adams’ crisis PR playbook: outer boroughs, quality-of-life issues, loyalty
The mayor appeared with his embattled deputy mayor for public safety in Springfield Gardens, Queens, to tout a crackdown on “ghost cars.”
Opinion
Opinion: The MTA is committed to accessibility
Two years after a landmark ADA settlement, the MTA has made real progress on making subway stations accessible to all.
New York City
Editor’s note: Century old subway tech still works, but is it worth the anxiety?
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority still uses 110-year-old gap fillers to bridge the potentially deadly space between trains and subway platforms.
Transportation
Congestion pricing is indefinitely ‘on pause.’ NYC doesn’t have a backup plan to meet climate goals.
“We are certainly not waiting on congestion pricing,” Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi said, of the city’s emissions reductions efforts.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: The Penn Station redevelopment gets its own movie
Claire Read’s new documentary about the transit hub’s controversial makeover puts a human face on the drama.
Technology
Evolv gun detection tech rolling out in NYC subway stations this week
“I am telling them they need to evolve and get it out, because I think it’s good technology,” Mayor Eric Adams said.
Power Lists
The 2024 Transportation Power 100
The leaders who decide how New Yorkers get around.
MTA
For Janno Lieber, congestion pricing isn’t dead
The self-described “patron saint of challenging projects” is trying to keep the MTA from moving backward – without straying from his boss.
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Editor's Note
Editor’s Note: Accessibility improvements hinge on congestion pricing’s return, for now
Hochul only “paused” the controversial tolling program that could fund much needed improvements, including new elevator installations to meet ADA requirements.
MTA
4 borough presidents want an expansion of Fair Fares
In a letter to Mayor Eric Adams, the officials called for more people to be eligible, including full-time minimum wage workers.
Transportation
Amid a loud chorus of criticism, Hochul’s congestion pricing reversal supporters speak up
A stream of rallies and op-eds from elected officials have attempted to buttress the governor’s surprise move.
Transportation
Lander says he’s ready to take legal action to save congestion pricing
At a rally with transportation advocates, the comptroller said he was confident impacted groups, such as New Yorkers with disabilities, have legal standing to sue.
Albany Agenda
The bills that passed and failed to pass in the last week of session
Landmark new social media regulations for kids passed the Legislature, but the NY HEAT Act didn’t make it past the finish line.
Policy
MTA confirms congestion pricing won’t go into effect on June 30
Lawmakers have not found an alternative source of funding for the MTA, and the agency said it will have to cut programs if the governor doesn’t let congestion pricing go into effect.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: MTA leadership has a WTF moment over congestion pricing delay
The governor’s rushed decision-making undermines the authority of CEO Janno Lieber and the transit system’s board.
Albany Agenda
Hochul’s IOU plan for the MTA may be DOA
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants the state Legislature to pass a bill providing the MTA with an IOU in lieu of congestion pricing revenue, but many lawmakers and advocates oppose it.
