Transit Movies Presentation – New York Subway, Queens Route
A movie screening for a film about the New York subway, Queens route, sponsored by the Electric Railroaders Association, New York Division.
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4 Reasons a $2.5 Billion Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Doesn’t Add Up
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Later today, Mayor de Blasio is going to deliver his State of the City speech, and one centerpiece is expected to be a new streetcar running from Sunset Park to Astoria along the Brooklyn-Queens waterfront. It’s an idea that’s surfaced repeatedly in one form or another as developers have transformed sections of the waterfront into new residential neighborhoods. As alluring […]
MTA to Boost Frequency of Q70 to LaGuardia
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The MTA announced this morning that it plans to increase service on the Q70 Limited bus to LaGuardia Airport and hopes to roll out Select Bus Service on the route later this year. Riders Alliance Executive Director John Raskin applauded the news as “a great step toward implementing a real airport shuttle from the subway” […]
Parking Madness: Norfolk vs. New York
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Today, a terminal station in Norfolk, Virginia, goes up against a stadium complex in Queens.
EXCLUSIVE: Sunset Park Nixed From de Blasio’s Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Fantasy
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The timeline for the project has also changed, the source said: BQX boosters hoped construction would begin next year, it's now slated to start in 2024.
Queens Blogger Runs His Own Commuter Contest
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By way of comment on Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing proposal and, perhaps, in response to Transportation Alternatives’ recent bike vs. subway vs. taxi commuter contest, the author of Queens Crap, a blog focused on local development issues, conducted his own rush hour comparison test. Here are his results: 8:00: left house, walked to bus 8:03: […]
As Subway Trips Climb, MTA Bus Ridership Continues to Stagnate
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While subway ridership hit a 65-year high last year, the story for surface transit in NYC is different. Bus ridership has yet to recover from a major round of service cuts in 2010, and in 2014 it lost some ground, according to new stats from the MTA. After the MetroCard boom in the late 1990s, bus ridership has dropped 10 percent since […]