On Friday, the New York City Department of Transportation unveiled a new temporary outdoor exhibit on a 50-foot corrugated fence under the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge at the junction of Vernon Boulevard and South Queens Plaza in Queens. The show, called When it opens like this, up is not over, exhibits six large-scale color photographs…
MTA officials are moving forward with plans to make cell phone service available at more subway stations. The next two will be Times Square and Rockefeller Center. Transit Wireless, the company creating the subway cell phone network, says engineering work has begun on both projects, and construction will begin in the spring, with service available…
A company that created an app to find transit directions that can be used in subway tunnels won the NY MTA’s competition for the best Smartphone software app for riders Embark NYC, can help NYC subway riders plan trips, see schedules for their particular route, and use an interactive map of the subway system. David…
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York City’s Transport Workers Union are back at the bargaining table for the first time in about two weeks. But already, there’s controversy. The New York Post, citing anonymous sources, reported that the MTA had caved in to costly union demands. The paper said the agency would give subway…
KALW’s Julie Caine overcomes her fear of speeding cars and messy helmet hair in this audio essay. Listen as Caine gets a lesson in urban cycling. Not a proverbial lesson, but a literal one, while attending a class in urban biking offered around downtown Oakland. The East Bay Bike Coalition teaches free classes in cycling…
Talks resume Thursday between New York City’s Transport Workers Union and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. It is the first time the two sides will have met since contract talks collapsed late last month. Both sides return to the bargaining table with little animosity, according to a source close to the union. But the calm comes…
Since 1992, thousands of cyclists have gathered on the last Friday of every month to show off their bike pride by getting in the way of auto traffic on city streets in the Critical Mass demonstration rides. As part of KALW’s special bike coverage, we bring you the history of the most prominent bike protest…
Hundreds of minibuses get commuters around Pakistan’s bustling port city Karachi. Since there is no other viable means of public transportation, the buses get packed fast and can be risky to ride since they don’t stop for passengers to get on and off and riders often have to pile up on top of the buses…
State Senator Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) introduced legislation today that would put high-speed rail back on the November ballot in California. The measure would give voters the chance to de-authorize the $9 billion bond measure passed in 2008. According to Mark Spannagel, spokesman for Senator LaMalfa, the measure would “eliminate the project.” In a statement, LaMalfa…
Seventeen miles of bike lanes have been painted in San Francisco since summer 2010, and more are in the works, including the city’s first parking protected bikeway–a bike lane separated from car traffic by a row of parked cars. Other plans include removing a lane of parking or of traffic to lay down a dedicated bikeway….
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