(Azi Paybarah, WNYC) As if Toyota needs more bad publicity. A ring of car thieves who stole vehicles from the tri-state area and shipped them to Senegal was able to get into the automobiles using keys obtained from Toyota car dealers, authorities said. Seventeen people in the ring — including two employees of car dealerships…
Kids are better off riding the subway than driving. A report by New York’s health department shows that children are about half as likely to die as a result of injury in New York City as they are in the rest of America, mostly because they use public transportation. Traffic accidents are the leading cause…
Tesla’s IPO takes off; the company is the first American automotive manufacturer to go public since Ford. It’s electric! (New York Times) Paris mayor wants to close or slow some expressways on the Seine. (New York Times) Ice cream trucks grow up: gourmet purveyors are on the rise on New York’s streets. Can I get…
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) Senator John Kerry’s spokeswoman, Whitney Smith, emails the following in response to our query about including transportation emissions caps in the new senate energy and climate bill: “Majority Leader Reid will bring a final comprehensive energy and climate package to the floor this July, but the final details of what will…
From NYCtheblog: Related stories More Cell Phones on NYC Subway Controversy as MTA and TWU Resume Contract Talks TWU Suspends Talks with NY MTA Over Contract Photo Contest Bares Best and Worst of NYC Subways and Buses The Road to the World Series DOES Run Through New York City
(Washington, DC – Todd Zwillich, Transportation Nation) Nearly a quarter of the United States Senate is expected at the White House this morning to meet with President Obama on energy and climate legislation, though the form that legislation will take–and whether it will have the votes to pass–is very much in doubt. Twenty-three senators from…
Guilty plea expected in JFK Airport bomb plot case (New York Times). The Guardian asks: If the BP oil spill causes Americans to reconsider driving, how will they do that when many states are slashing public transportation? (The Guardian) Shuttering two subway lines wasn’t enough: New York’s MTA plans to sell $600 million in bonds…
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) Governors Island lies in New York harbor a short ferry ride from Brooklyn and Manhattan, within spitting distance of the Statue of Liberty. It’s one of the jewels in the crown of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s New York, a shared public space accessible only by (free) boat, one you can get around…
(Matthew Schuerman, WNYC) Tens of thousands of New Yorkers faced longer and more inconvenient commutes this morning as a result of the MTA’s bus and service cuts. They were most poignantly felt, however, by immigrants who had no idea that the changes were coming because they don’t speak or read English well or at all….
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