Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit

A rendering of the proposed LGA AirTrain. Image: Governor's Office

OPINION: The LaGuardia AirTrain Makes Even Less Sense After COVID

By Frank Taylor and James Carriero | Sep 22, 2020 | No Comments

Air travel is busted, and the Port Authority is broke. Can we bail on this boondoggle now?

The proposed route of the LGA AirTrain runs along the Grand Central Parkway and Flushing Bay to Willets Point. Image: Governor's Office

Engineers: It’s Willets Point or Nothing for LGA AirTrain

By Eve Kessler | Sep 21, 2020 | No Comments

Former top transportation officials write to the FAA in support of the troubled project.

Lots of companies upstate — and around the country — are in business because the MTA spends so much money on stuff it needs — like new rail cars. Photo: Kevin Coughlin

Trump-Loving Upstate Rep. Elise Stefanik Fails to Support Transit — And Hurts Her District: Report

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 17, 2020 | No Comments

President Trump's favorite upstate Congresswoman is hurting her own constituents as she refuses to act to save transit.

Red paint (seen here on E. 97th Street in Manhattan) works. File photo.

DOT to Streetsblog: There is No Red Paint Shortage — We’re Just Overwhelmed Right Now

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 15, 2020 | No Comments

The news came after an agency official said at a forum that paint was an issue.

Tuesday’s Headlines: Just Garbage Edition

By Streetsblog | Sep 15, 2020 | No Comments

The city's life-saving reform of the private carting industry — which we hyped to the heavens when it passed last year — will be delayed. Plus all the other news of the day.

A gaggle (or is it a murder?) of NYPD officers not wearing masks at a recent protest. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Mask-Wearing MTA Chief Backs Mask-Averse NYPD As Mask-Mandate Enforcers

By Dave Colon | Sep 14, 2020 | No Comments

And MTA CEO Pat Foye also dodged a question about the police department's well-documented racial bias.

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