Inside East Side Access, 18 months before the new terminal opens
Andrew Cuomo leads the scrum atop East Side Access’ 182-foot escalators. (Photo by Benjamin Kabak)Gov. Andrew Cuomo surveys the down escalator underneath 45th St. (Photo by Benjamin Kabak)Looking down...
View ArticleLieber replaces Foye, Feinberg departs Transit as N.Y. Senate fails to act on...
Janno Lieber now leads the MTA as its interim CEO and Chair. Uncertainty and political paralysis has gripped the MTA since early June, and making heads or tails of the situation hasn’t been easy. The...
View ArticleA Robert Moses Wannabe: Inside the Transportation Legacy of Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Gov. Andrew Cuomo celebrated the opening of the Second Ave. Subway during a flashy New Years Eve party as 2016 turned in 2017. In a little over 24 hours, Andrew Cuomo’s reign over New York State will...
View Article#HochulsMTA: A Transportation To-Do List for the New Governor
Kathy Hochul took the subway from midtown to Harlem earlier this month because it was the quickest way to go, her comms team said. (Photo via Bryan Lesswing) With Andrew Cuomo out of the picture and...
View ArticleLaguardia AirTrain on ‘pause’ as Hochul gears up to pull the plug on...
The Laguardia AirTrain, a pet project of Andrew Cuomo’s, is now on life support as the Port Authority begins a new review. The much-maligned Laguardia AirTrain may be on its last legs as the Port...
View ArticleOMNY set to usher in the age of fare-capping in NYC
The OMNY card will replace the Metrocard, though the fewer people who have one, the better. (Via the MTA) During the pandemic, the way I’ve paid for transit trips in New York City has undergone a...
View ArticleService cuts, fare hikes ‘off the table for now’ due to COVID relief money
MTA transit fares will not increase for the the foreseeable future., the governor announced earlier this week. (Photo: MTA / Jessie Mislavsky) In a boon for riders, the MTA is ending 2021 much as it...
View ArticleThe Interborough Express is Kathy Hochul’s crowning project, if she wants it...
The light-rail version of the Interborough Express, shown here connecting to the L train at Wilson Ave. When Gov. Kathy Hochul announced her support last month for a truncated version of the RPA’s...
View ArticleDodging a question, Lieber shows an MTA unwilling to confront its cost crisis
Well over budget and long delayed, London’s Elizabeth Line, shown here in a tour I took with Andy Byford in November, costs just one-third per kilometer than future phases of the Second Ave. Subway....
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