• Tag Archives: Jay Walder

    Now He Can Say It: Walder Calls NY’s Infrastructure “Terrible”

    By Kate Hinds | Jan. 5 – 4:44 pm

    Jay Walder, who abruptly resigned from New York’s MTA last year to run Hong Kong’s well-funded rail system, told reporters on his first day at...

    [0] Construction, Infrastructure, Subway, Transit

    TN MOVING STORIES: U.S. Automakers End 2011 With Big Gains, Cold Weather Cracks DC Rails, St. Paul Businesses Get Rail Construction Relief

    By Kate Hinds | Jan. 5 – 9:01 am

    Automakers ended the year with double-digit gains in sales. The former head of NY’s MTA says New York’s infrastructure is in “terrible condition.” The same...

    [0] Daily Email, TN Moving Stories

    NY MTA Contract Talks With Union Delayed

    By Jim O'Grady | Jan. 4 – 6:32 pm

      (New York, NY – WNYC) The NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its main union have cancelled a bargaining session only ten days before their...

    [0] Buses, Cities/Urban, Infrastructure, Money, Rail, Transit

    For Transit Agencies, Climate Change Could Cost Billions

    By Andrea Bernstein | Nov. 17 – 8:53 pm

    On the Sunday after Tropical Storm Irene blasted through the five boroughs of New York City, the city exhaled. Huge swaths of Manhattan hadn’t flooded,...

    [11] Cities/Urban, Construction, Energy, Environment, Featured, Federal Government, Infrastructure, Local Government, Money, Rail, Transit, Uncategorized

    Cuomo Seems To Be Zeroing In On “Surprising” Choice For Next NY MTA Chair

    By Jim O'Grady | Oct. 12 – 6:28 pm

    (New York, NY) – The committee appointed by New York Governor Cuomo to find the next CEO and chairman of the NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority...

    [6] Buses, Cities/Urban, Economy, Featured, Financing, Infrastructure, Money, Rail, Subway, Transit, Uncategorized

    TN MOVING STORIES: Senate Dems Tweak Infrastructure Proposal; Cuomo Wants Speedy Federal Approval for New Tappan Zee Bridge

    By Kate Hinds | Oct. 11 – 8:54 am

    A procedural vote on the president’s jobs will will come tonight — and Senate Democrats are working on merging a corporate tax holiday with the...

    [0] Daily Email, TN Moving Stories

    Jay Walder Says His Replacement Doesn’t Need Transit Background

    By Kate Hinds | Sep. 28 – 4:21 pm

    The CEO of New York’s MTA, Jay Walder, said that his successor doesn’t necessarily have to have a transportation background — but he or she...

    [7] Cities/Urban, Infrastructure, Local Government, Money, Subway, Transit

    NY Governor Cuomo’s Schedule Shows Few Meetings on Transit, Transportation

    By Andrea Bernstein | Sep. 22 – 5:12 pm

    New York Governor Andrew Cuomo met repeatedly in the first eight months of the year on marriage equality, the property tax cap, and even farmer’s...

    [3] Featured, Infrastructure, Local Government, Politics/Elections, Transit

    New MTA Web Page Clears Up Information Morass

    By Andrea Bernstein | Sep. 16 – 12:17 pm

    UPDATED –Just took the MTA’s new weekender map, which is now live, for a test ride. Instead of a confusing array of notices, now, if...

    [0] Cities/Urban, Featured, Technology, Transit

    Ratings Agency Downgrades NY MTA, Clouding Financial Picture

    By Andrea Bernstein | Sep. 8 – 4:08 pm

    It it weren’t enough that the NY MTA faces yawning budget gaps, the loss of its CEO and looming labor negotiations, now Fitch, the smallest...

    [2] Cities/Urban, Financing, Infrastructure, Money, Transit