Transportation
Policy
On the looming L train shutdown
With the L train shutdown less than a year away, the trickle of cautionary measures and hand-wringing from government officials and local politicians serves as a reminder of the fragility of the ecosystem connecting New York City’s mass transit and its local economy.
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.
Transportation
Policy
Better ways to get to LaGuardia Airport
Who needs Andrew Cuomo’s AirTrain with alternatives like these?
New York State
Policy
The Long Island outlook
The biggest Long Island projects and policy matters in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Bill de Blasio
Politics
Five things to know about the NYC budget deal
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council reached an agreement on the fiscal year 2019 budget Monday evening, sealing the $89.2 billion in spending with the customary “budget handshake” in the City Hall rotunda.
MTA
Opinion
MTA should fast forward disabled accessibility in existing projects
The NYCTA improvement plan prizes accessible stations, so why won’t the L-train stations being shut down become accessible?
Energy & Environment
Policy
The latest investigation of NYC’s private sanitation industry
Monday's story by ProPublica and Voice for America focuses on the bad behavior and political connections of Sanitation Salvage
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
Politics
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the leftest of them all?
Cynthia Nixon is trying to get to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s left. But is there any space there?
New York State
Policy
Keeping a $27 billion infrastructure budget on track
How to keep a a $27 billion infrastructure budget on track. A Q&A with Joseph Robach, chairman of state Senate Transportation Committee.
Transportation
Policy
21st-century transportation
An interview with New York City Council Transportation Committee Chairman Ydanis Rodriguez
MTA
Policy
What's next for the Port Authority?
An interview with Rick Cotton, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Transportation
Policy
New York City's voice on transportation
An interview with NYC DOT commissioner Polly Trottenberg.
New York City
Policy
Where New York stands on 5 big transportation projects
New York's 5 biggest transportation projects
Transportation
Opinion
On congestion and MTA funding, choose goals before making policies
Instead of randomly choosing fees on certain vehicles, first decide how much to reduce traffic.
Transportation
Policy
Insuring the future
What modernization and technology mean for New York's insurance industry.
Transportation
Opinion