Transportation
Policy
Forget flying cars. The future of transit is a train without coronavirus.
Experts propose outside-the-box solutions for a healthy commute.
Transportation
Personality
Commuting during the coronavirus pandemic
Polly Trottenberg on how NYC public transit is adapting to the crisis.
MTA
Policy
MTA tests high-tech super-cleaners
Ultraviolet machines, antimicrobials and disinfectants are all at the MTA’s disposal.
Transportation
Policy
MTA to shut down overnight subway service
It may be good for cleaning, but what about essential workers and the homeless?
MTA
Policy
Congestion pricing is both a problem and solution for the MTA
Implementation will be difficult, but the transit agency desperately needs money.
MTA
Policy
The MTA was finally starting to improve service. Now what?
The coronavirus could derail all of the authority’s upgrades.
Transportation
Personality
NYC transit union boss: “We are heroes”
TWU Local 100’s Tony Utano said the coronavirus pandemic makes it clear that mass transit workers should be celebrated.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Yellow taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers struggle through pandemic
The coronavirus outbreak is kicking an industry that was already down.
MTA
Policy
The MTA’s dire situation – by the numbers
Coronavirus has plunged daily subway ridership by at least 60%.
Transportation
Policy
Following ride-hail apps’ lead, Access-A-Ride ends shared trips
The coronavirus has lead to an end in shared ride-hail app and Access-A-Ride trips.
MTA
Policy
There’s no easy fix for altering subway service during a pandemic
Potential service cuts pose more questions than answers.
Technology
Policy
Uber rolls out text-to-911 – and its annual lost-and-found index
Riders can now discretely text 911 during Uber trips.
Transportation
Policy
Are feds holding congestion pricing hostage?
Governor Cuomo expressed doubt about passing the Manhattan vehicle tolling plan.
Technology
Policy
De Blasio’s developing a penchant for electric vehicles
In his State of the City de Blasio introduced his plan to turn city vehicles electric
Transportation
Politics
Will the taxi task force’s report do anything to help medallion owners?
Experts weigh in on whether an app, surge pricing or a bailout can stop the industry’s implosion.
Transportation
Policy
NY City Council may require truck underride guards
They could save pedestrian and cyclist lives, but industry fears costs.
MTA
Policy
New York City’s microtransit experiment
A proposed pilot would use fees from a fee on ride-hail apps to fund late-night ride-hail service in outer boroughs.
MTA
Policy
The unresolved questions on congestion pricing implementation
Members of the panel setting fees and exemptions have yet to be named, but here’s what’s known.
MTA
Opinion
Andy Byford couldn’t have stopped political interference in the MTA
For the transit authority to change, elected officials must do so too.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
What Andy Byford’s resignation means for Cuomo
“Train Daddy’s” sudden departure is off-brand for the governor.
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