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If NYC Can’t Build Less Expensive Subways, Three 2nd Ave Stops Might Be All We Get (WSJ, Biz Insider, Vox, Beast) Prendergast Stepping Down (NYT, AMNY); Cuomo Wants MTA Chief “Familiar With Development” (Politico) 48,000 Passengers Rode 2nd Ave Subway on Opening Day; Some Elevators Were Broken (AMNY, NYT) Will Chuck Schumer Stand Against a Terrible Trump Infrastructure Package? (Voice) Driver Kills Kyla Williams, 11, Crossing 180th […]

Tony Avella: “Buying a Car, Having a Car, Is the Last Bastion of Freedom” (Gothamist) Sorry Tony, Car Makers Are Looking Beyond Car Ownership to “Mobility Services” (NYT) Welcome to the 12 Days of Cuomo Gloating About the 2nd Ave Subway (Politico, AMNY, DNA, NY1) Let Ben Kabak Take You on a Tour of the 96th Street Station (2nd […]

DOT Pushes Timetable for Phase Three of Queens Boulevard Redesign Beyond 2017 (DNA) Cuomo’s Trying to Turn the Port Authority “Into an Extension of the Governor’s Office” (Politico) Stratospheric Construction Costs Stymieing Second Avenue Subway Phase Two (AMNY) Straphangers: Fare Hike Threat and Cuomo’s Capital Plan Trickery Are 2016’s Worst Transit Moments (NY1) Gov Still Hyping Cashless Tolls Transit […]

Misdemeanor Charge for Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Co-Worker in Marine Park (News, Post) What If NYC Addressed the Everyday Threat of Untrained Drivers Piloting Huge Rental Trucks (DNA 1, 2) NYPD Counter-Terrorism Expert Oblivious to What It’s Like to Walk in NYC (Post, AMNY) At Jean Paul Guerrero Presser, Ydanis Again Calls on Albany to Strengthen Hit-and-Run Laws (News, DNA) MTA Expects 200K […]

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Jean Paul Guerrero, 39, in Highland Park (News, Gothamist) Daily News Co-Publisher: 21st Century NYC Needs to Move Beyond Its 20th Century Transport System Cuomo’s Uber Bill Includes Surcharge to Fund MTA (Politico) Tri-State: Political Squabbling Jeopardizes Important Port Authority Transportation Projects Paul White: As Bike-Share Expands, So Should Safe Streets for Biking (AMNY) Brooklyn […]

Cuomo Will Milk 2nd Ave Subway Opening on 1/1/2017 for All It’s Worth (News, NBC) Stephen Smith: If You Want More Subways, Tell Your Electeds to Cut MTA Construction Costs (2AS) DOT to Present Queens Blvd Redesign for Forest Hills/Rego Park in January (DNA) Apartments Near Commuter Rail a Hot Commodity in NYC Suburbs (NYT) LGA Could Use […]