Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about LIRR

How Long Will It Take to Modernize New York’s Commuter Rail System?

By David Meyer | May 10, 2016 | 70 Comments

The New York region’s commuter rail network is failing to keep up with current travel patterns, said panelists at Friday’s Regional Plan Association annual assembly. MTA chair Tom Prendergast agrees, but he doesn’t expect that to change much anytime soon — there are too many other priorities that need to be taken care of first, he said. […]

Inside the Rail Worker Disability Program That Never Says “No”

By Elana Schor | Oct 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

Independent auditors at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) have just released the results of their lengthy investigation of the Railroad Retirement Board, the federal agency that evaluates disability claims by commuter railroad workers — and has historically approved more than 99 percent of them. Photo: NYT The New York Times obtained an early copy of […]

NYC, SF, and DC Sign Deals to Upgrade Transit Technology

By Elana Schor | Oct 7, 2009 | 2 Comments

IBM’s Smarter Planet project, which uses technology (and sometimes plain old polling) in an effort to revamp urban infrastructure, today signed deals with transit agencies in New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. to "smartly" manage the ins and outs of keeping trains and buses running. New York’s LIRR, San Francisco’s BART, and D.C.’s Metro […]

MTA Launches Bike-and-Ride Web Site

By Brad Aaron | May 19, 2008 | 16 Comments

In honor of Bike Month, the MTA last week unveiled a new web site that promotes bike-and-ride commuting while providing a one-stop source for info on the numerous logistical hurdles faced by cycling customers. "MTA+Bike" was launched on Friday. On this website … travelers can obtain information about policies for bringing bikes on board the […]

Kheel Plan Getting Lots of Play, Except Where It Counts

By Brad Aaron | Jan 28, 2008 | 5 Comments

With Michael Bloomberg expressing doubts about an apparently favored proposal to move the congestion pricing boundary south to 60th Street, Newsday columnist Ellis Henican challenged the mayor yesterday to get behind the Kheel free transit plan. [T]his is the giant carrot to accompany Bloomberg’s congestion-pricing stick. Charge $16 instead of $8, the authors suggest – […]

More Boring Photos

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 10, 2007 | 6 Comments

The entrance to the East Side Access work site in Sunnyside, Queens Last week, MTA PR man Jeremy Soffin sent along an interesting news blip about the gigantic tunnel boring machine chewing up the schist beneath 60th Street in Manhattan for the MTA’s East Side Access project. It turns out that blogger Michael Frumin knows […]

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