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Dan Squadron: MTA Capital Plan Shouldn’t Be Funded “With an IOU” (NY1) Ben Kabak: Cuomo Just Isn’t Funding the MTA One Thing Cuomo’s Doing Right: Pushing for LIRR Third Track (Newsday – Paywall) Impending Transit Strike or No, Chris Christie Is Taking a Break (APP) Christie’s Been Treating the Whole NJ Transit System Like a Contingency Plan for […]

NJ Transit Prepares for Strike as Negotiations Continue (NYT) MTA to Award Design/Engineering Contract for 2nd Ave Subway Phase 2 By Summer (News, NY1, SAS) DOT Activating Bus Lane Enforcement Cameras on 7 Routes in Queens Today (NY1) 90-Year-Old Dorothy Heimann Dies From Head Trauma Inflicted By Turning Driver (Post) Teen Car Theft/Police Chase Ends […]

NJ Transit Strike Would Strand Tens of Thousands, Metro-North Commuters Included (NYT, DNA) City Will Launch New Ferries Next Spring Because of Low Winter Ridership Estimates (DNA) Why Is de Blasio Hiding the Data That Informed His Uber Congestion Report? (Politico) Cuomo’s Obsession With Humiliating de Blasio Could Hamper Affordable Housing Plans (Politico) New York City Recognizes […]

Your Train Is Randomly Being Held at the Station by NYPD. Please Be Patient. (AMNY, Post) NJ Transit Workers Set to Strike (NYT) Amid Calls for Christie’s Resignation (APP, NYT, WSJ) Christie Isn’t the Only Tri-State Governor With Zero Credibility on Funding Transit (MTR, Gothamist) Trottenberg Tells Council Woodhaven SBS Would Cost $400M, Double the Original Budget (Politico) Trottenberg Names Amazon […]

Council Members: City Can’t Trust Cuomo to Make Good on Budget Promises (Politico) Mayor’s Office and Council Reps Are Hammering Out a Rezoning Deal (Politico) DOT Studying Options for L Train Alternatives (Post); Developers Too (Bklyn Paper) 2nd Ave Sagas Cites Potential Obstacles to Opening Closed Subway Entrances LIRR Riders Protest Deteriorating Service With “Fare Strike” (Gothamist) NYPD Releases Video of Suspect […]

Turning Livery Driver Kills Carol Dauplaise, 77, at 36th and Madison (Post, News, Gothamist) A Great Look at the Senior Housing Crunch in NYC and Why Parking Minimums Stink (Politico) Brad Lander Has Some Questions About the BQX Streetcar (Brooklyn Paper) L Train Riders to MTA: Open J/M/Z and G Entrances Before Canarsie Tube Repairs […]