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…
(Houston, TX — Gail Delaughter, KUHF) Business leaders gathered in Houston this week to look at ways to position the region as the “Gateway to North America.” Harris County’s International Trade and Transportation Conference focused on how goods are transported from the Port of Houston by truck and rail, and what needs to be done…
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…
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…
When New York rolls out its bike share program in July, ten thousand bikes will be spread across the city. In a place where every inch of space is contested, figuring out where to locate 600 bike share stations is no small task.
(New York, NY — Brian Zumhagen, WNYC) Nancy Shevell has stepped down from the MTA board, where she had served since 2001. Shevell, who gained prominence when she married former Beatle Paul McCartney last October, is also an executive with her family’s trucking company, and a Republican party fundraiser. “In my 30-year professional career, this…
UPDATED WITH NYS DOT COMMISSIONER JOAN MCDONALD’S COMMENTS: New York State says there are no serious environmental challenges facing its planned replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge. The draft environmental impact statement (DEIS), which was posted on the state’s Tappan Zee website Tuesday, signaled no major changes in the state’s approach to replacing the aging…
Leaders in Howard County, Maryland, and the unincorporated town of Columbia are trying to figure out whether something that seems to be working quite well in more urban areas can be part of the plan going forward in their neck of the woods — they’re exploring the potential of bike sharing. The two municipalities have…
Following on the heels of Staten Island, the Bronx will become the second of New York’s five boroughs to get real-time bus information. New York’s MTA is currently installing GPS units on the 1,025 buses that serve the borough. The agency said the service will go live sometime this year. In a press release, MTA…
(New York — Kathleen Horan, WNYC) Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he plans to veto legislation that would put an end to the Sanitation Department’s so-called ‘shame’ stickers on cars. The mayor said he supports the 25-year-old practice of plastering a fluorescent sticker on cars that violate alternate side parking rules. “I think it’s one of…
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