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Cuomo Is Still Playing Games With Subway Riders (NYT) MTA to Award Contract for MetroCard Replacement (News) De Blasio’s Congestion Plan: New Delivery Rules, More Cops (NYT, AMNY, NY1, WNYC, Post) Mayor’s Hands-Off Traffic Policy Will Kneecap Efforts to Speed Bus Travel (Politico, News) Meet Some of the Delivery Workers de Blasio Is Going to War On (Reclaim); More: Slate […]

Pandering to Cranks, de Blasio Declares War on Working Cyclists (News, DNA, TA, Post, Bklyn Spoke) Congrats WNYC for Amplifying Grievances That Sparked Mayor’s Sadistic, Pointless E-Bike Crackdown Meanwhile: Semi Truck Driver Kills Cyclist Near Site of E-Bike Presser; NYPD Blames Victim (Rag) Conflict-Obsessed Media Missing the Point on Manhattan Robocar Testing (Politico, News, Post, NY1) Fingers Crossed 2AS Fire System […]

Don’t Count on Cuomo Imposing Conditions on GM’s Robot Cars (Post, News) Uber Paid $1.8M to Get Its Statewide E-Hail Bill Through Albany — a Steal! (News) Five to 15 Years for Matthew von Ohlen’s Unrepentant Killer (DNA) Alon Levy Skeptical the MTA Will Do What’s Necessary to Reduce Subway Wait Times (CO) TWU: Off-Board […]

With Little to No Public Process, Cuomo to Bring Robot Cars to NYC (NYT, News, Gothamist, Politico) Lhota Says MTA Will Get Better at Communicating With Riders (AMNY) Straphangers Unimpressed With Subway Seat-Removal Band-Aid (NYT) MTA Denies Report of Track Cleaning Cutbacks (Gothamist) Ydanis Rodriguez Wants to Double Number of Yellow Cabs With 2-for-1 Medallions (Post) […]

Another Day, Another Signal Problem Blowing Up Service on 8 Subway Lines (DNA, AMNY, Gothamist) The LIRR Was a Mess During the PM Rush for Good Measure (DNA) MTA Claims It’s Making Progress on Reducing Sky-High Capital Costs (News, AMNY, NY1) Christie Offering $7 Billion in Tax Breaks to Lure Amazon — Too Bad He Let […]

It’s Not Just Capital Costs — MTA Operating Costs Much Higher Than Peer Agencies (Curbed) CBC: Tappan Zee Tolls Will Have to Double to Cover Costs of Cuomo’s Mega-Bridge (News) Trust Chris Christie and Donald Trump — Federal Funding for Gateway Is Definitely Coming (Politico) Report: NYPD’s Brooklyn Fare Evasion Arrests Target Black Neighborhoods (AMNY) […]