Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Light Rail

America’s Best Bus Stops Round 1: Bus Stop Behemoths

By Kea Wilson | Mar 20, 2022 | No Comments

As we begin our quest to find America's best bus stop, we thought we'd bend the rules just a bit and take a look at bus stations — some of which serve a few other types of transit, too.

The governor has apparently killed her predecessor's pet project, the "wrong way" LaGuardia AirTrain. Graphic: Streetsblog photo composite

Behold! Your New LaGuardia Airport Transit Options (Including One Old One)

By Dave Colon | Mar 3, 2022 | No Comments

Considering these five light rail routes, five bus routes, two subway extensions, one ferry service and, alarmingly, "other emerging technologies" to get travelers to and from the Queens airport.

OPINION: The LaGuardia AirTrain Is About Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

By A Better Way to LGA | Sep 22, 2020 | No Comments

The project's benefits will bolster our economy for decades, says A Better Way to LGA coalition.

Removing cars and trucks from 42nd Street and replacing buses with a modern, low-flow, light-rail line would allow the full width of this crowded street to be used for a richly landscaped greenway and sustainable transport.
Illustration: Roxanne Warren

Op-Ed: For a Safe, Healthy City, We Need an Auto-Free Zone in Manhattan

By George Haikalis and Roxanne Warren | Apr 1, 2020 | No Comments

COVID-19 underscores that closing streets to traffic and enhancing amenities in the crowded core will be vital to the survival of urban America.

A parking lot at LaGuardia Airport. Photo: LGA Twitter

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ANALYSIS: LGA AirTrain is Andrew Cuomo’s $2B Parking Lot

By Eve Kessler | Jan 24, 2020 | No Comments

UPDATED: The real motivator behind the Backwards LaGuardia AirTrain, a toy train for the business class, is not transit. It's cars.

Op-Ed: Stop the Runaway LaGuardia AirTrain

By Benjamin Kabak | Jan 3, 2020 | No Comments

New York should pull the plug on this $2-billion boondoggle. But the governor wants it, so it is hurtling ahead.

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