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From hemorrhoids to The Gap, a recent history of subway advertising 27 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
Subway advertising now includes space on the front of the city’s fare cards. As I’ve walked through the Times Square subway each morning this summer on my way to work, I’ve noticed that the full stat...
Map: FASTRACK on the A train 27 Aug 2013 | 03:23 am
It’s a map. The city’s most boring* FASTRACK returns tonight at 10 p.m. It runs each night this week until 5 a.m. I’m still scratching my head over the need to run a shuttle bus for all of two blocks...
Link: Four Penn questions for the next mayor 26 Aug 2013 | 11:17 pm
Diller Scofidio & Renfro’s plans for Penn Station. MSG would be relocated across the street. Whoever emerges from this morass of mayoral candidates to take City Hall will have to confront the future ...
The persistance of accessibility complaints at Smith/9th Streets 26 Aug 2013 | 09:04 am
Four months after the Smith/9th Sts. station has reopened, the MTA is still fielding complaints about accessibility issues. (Photo: MTA New York City Transit / Marc A. Hermann) As the MTA rehabilitat...
La Guardia, parking spots, maps and weekend service changes 24 Aug 2013 | 05:54 am
I’ve had a bunch of browser tabs open for a while, and I haven’t had a chance to write them up all. So I’ll leave ‘em all here. Enjoy the weekend reading. La Guardia gets a facelift New York’s uglie...
Link: The easier way to fix Penn Station ops 23 Aug 2013 | 10:07 am
The science fiction future for Penn Station. Over the last few years, I’ve written a bit about the disconnect between the need to spend wisely and the need to build great public works. I don’t believ...
Link: Why the QueensWay isn’t the High Line 22 Aug 2013 | 11:20 pm
Is this the future of the Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way? (Courtesy of WXY Architecture) Throughout the debate over the future of the unused LIRR Rockabway Beach Branch right-of-way, I’ve frequen...
From Long Island, a glimpse of a car-centric problem 22 Aug 2013 | 08:39 am
As part of a plan to improve reliability and frequency along the Long Island Rail Road’s single-tracked Ronkonkoma Branch, the MTA is going to spend a few hundred million dollars to double track the s...
Podcast: Episode 3 of ‘The Next Stop Is…’ 21 Aug 2013 | 10:46 pm
Allow me to present the third episode of “The Next Stop Is…”, the official Second Ave. Sagas podcast. Host Eric Brasure and I talk about the possibility of Aqueduct station in Queens being renamed, th...
Labor relations and what the R hath wrought 21 Aug 2013 | 08:56 am
In addition to longer commutes for riders trying to bridge the gap left by the closure of the R train’s Montague Tube, the Sandy-related shutdown has led to some operating pain for the MTA. As the R n...
