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Riders Alliance Calls for Discount MTA Fares for Low-Income Riders (News, AMNY, NY1) How the Port Authority Might Pay for a New Midtown Bus Terminal (Bloomberg) Red Light Running Cabbie Injures Man in Wheelchair on W 103rd (News) Wrong-Way Driver Critically Injures Man on Scooter in Glendale (Post) SUV Driver Critically Injures Man on White […]

Surprise! Cuomo Contribution to the MTA Is More Debt (NY1) New NJ Transit Chief Is Former Amtrak COO William Crosbie (NYT) Bill to Regulate Plazas Zips Through Council (NYT) DenDekker Bill Would Suspend Registrations of Drivers Who Habitually Run Red Lights, Too (DNA) Commercial Van Driver Strikes Pedestrian on Midtown Sidewalk; Victim Seriously Injured (DNA) Witnesses Say […]

Peralta and DenDekker Want to Loosen Camera Restrictions and Penalize Recidivist Speeders (News) Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Astoria Pedestrian (News, AMNY, NY1); Man Killed on Major Deegan (DNA) RPA: Shut the L Completely for Repairs and Make 14th Street a Busway (AMNY, DNA) DiNapoli Says MTA Is Fudging the Data on Subway Wait Times (2AS, Politico, AMNY) Full Council to Vote on Bills to Create […]

Ambulette Driver Who Failed to Yield Kills Pedestrian in Flushing Crosswalk (DNA, News) Man Who Killed Brooklyn Shop Owner With His Own Van Charged With Murder (News, Post) DNA Interviews 24th Precinct CO Marlon Larin, Who Drives to Work From the Suburbs NYC Transit President Hears From Queens Commuters About 7 Train Problems (NY1, News) Last Night’s Subway Commute Was Hellish (DNA, Gothamist) […]

NYPD’s Plan to Stop Blaring Parades of Illegal Motorcycles and ATVs: Crush Them on TV (Post, News) Thief Uses Stolen Truck as Murder Weapon (NYT, Bklyn Paper) MTA Will Study West Shore Light Rail on Staten Island (Advance, DNA) Weird: Oddo Floats One-Way Bus Lane and Bike Lanes for Richmond Terrace (DNA) Crashes Are Down on Staten […]

In Closed-Door Budget Negotiations, Cuomo Grabs More Power Over MTA Capital Projects (Politico) When the Canarsie Tubes Close for Repairs, That’s a Good Time to Make 14th Street Transit-Only (WSJ) The Pressure for a New Midtown Bus Terminal Is Coming From Just One Side of the Hudson (WNYC) There’s Still Hope for a 10th Ave Station on […]