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Motorist Kills 71-Year-Old Man in Dyker Heights (News) Penn Station May Be Working Tomorrow (Post); MTA, NJT, Post Blame Amtrak (Politico, Post, News) Related: Christie Points Fingers, Ducks Questions (NYT 1, 2); Investigation Continues (NYT) Transit Expert Trump Says He Will Decide If Gateway and 2nd Ave. Subway Are Worthy (NYT, News) Cuomo’s Budget Extender Takes $65M From MTA, Includes […]

No One Knows When Penn Station Will Be Functional Again (NYT 1, 2; Politico; News; Post) Nicole Gelinas on Train Derailments as the New Normal (CJ) Several Dock-Less Bike-Share Companies Looking to Launch in NYC (Post) More on Council’s Proposed Bike-Share Expansion and Discount Fares (AMNY, News) NY1: Uber Bill Included in State Budget Deal Drivers, 2 Unlicensed, Critically Injure People in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan […]

Albany Puts Off a Budget Deal for Two Months (Politico) Yesterday’s NJ Transit Derailment Still Wreaking Havoc Today (NYT, AMNY) De Blasio: Woodhaven SBS Proceeding This Spring (TL) 60 Percent of NYC Drivers Told the Health Department They Break the Speed Limit (Gothamist) These Are the 5 Parts of NYC Where Distracted Driving Is Most Rampant (Crain’s) Clergy Want […]

Trump’s Budget Threatens Big New York Transit Projects (NYT) Drunk, Unlicensed Driver Kills Cyclist Gelasio Reyes in Sunnyside (News, ABC7) Meanwhile, NYPD’s in Bike Crackdown Mode (ABC7) Pedestrian Islands and Signalized Crossings Coming to Busy Stretch of Jamaica Ave (DNA) The State of Subway Elevators and Escalators Is Not Acceptable (Post) Chinatown Bus Company Yep Tour Sues City […]

Turning Motorist Kills Jacob Bavdaz, 84, in Riverdale (Press) Staten Island Driver Fleeing Police Critically Injures Child, Flees Scene (Advance, DNA, News) De Blasio Must Remove Community Boards From Transportation Planning (Voice) New Yorkers Reject Felder Ploy to Make Ocean Parkway More Deadly (Bklyn Paper, @ohlukeson) Albany Lawmakers Already Dividing the Spoils From Uber Expansion (Politico) Court Ruling […]

SUV Yellow Cab Driver Kills 87-Year-Old Man on Lower East Side (Post) De Blasio on 111th Street: “This Plan Is Ready to Move, So We’re Going to Move It” (DNA) NYT to Cuomo: Sheridan Expressway Replacement Must Be a Livable Street Albany Lawmakers Are Hot to Pass an Uber Bill (Politico) Rockaway Ferry Service to Begin in […]