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Transit Agencies Demand Taxpayer Subsidies To Stave Off 'Death Spirals.' There's a Better Way.

Service cuts that reflect falling demand and zoning reforms that bring more fare-paying residents back to cities could shore up transit agencies' budgets.

Reason

Editorial: For the people: Dick Ravitch: A New Yorker who made the city better for everyone

In 1989, our headline was “For the Democrats: Dick Ravitch” in endorsing the businessman and former MTA chair for mayor as a highly qualified contender when our indecisive forebearers couldn’t pick between frontrunners Ed Koch and David Dinkins. Ravitch got clobbered, winning 4% in his only bid for elected office,…

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New York City drivers to pay extra tolls as part of first-in-the-nation effort to reduce congestion

Drivers in New York City will be charged extra in tolls to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street as part of a long-stalled congestion pricing plan

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Richard Ravitch, public servant who shepherded New York through fiscal crisis, dies at 89

New York's former lieutenant governor and longtime civic leader Richard Ravitch has died at the age of 89

The Independent UK

Mom of 14-year-old boy killed subway surfing in Brooklyn says friends goaded son into deadly stunt

As paramedics pulled the body of 14-year-old subway surfer Briyan Crespo from a Brooklyn rail bed, his phone rang over and over as his worried mother tried to reach him.

Tribune News Service

New York teenager killed and another injured after carrying out TikTok trend of ‘subway surfing’

The teens, both aged 14, were knocked off a moving Manhattan-bound L train when it approached a tunnel

The Independent UK

Baltimore bus crash involves 2 other vehicles, injuring 17: ‘This bus driver here saved a lot of lives’

BALTIMORE — A MTA bus slammed into the first floor of an apartment building Saturday morning in a multi-vehicle crash involving two other cars that injured 17 people.

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Drivers Face Up to a $35 Toll To Enter This Major U.S. City

You'll have to dig deep to drive into this major northeastern city.

The Street

New York City’s air quality has plummeted. It may be worse underground

New York’s scramble to respond underscores a widening chasm between how governments are preparing for the climate crisis and how fast conditions are declining

The Independent UK

Auto industry calls for stricter air pollution tests

The Motor Trade Association wants the Government to require annual air pollution tests for vehicles older than 10 years.

Newsroom.co.nz

Twitter alerts back on track for NYC subway after week off

Service alerts for New York City’s subway, commuter trains and buses are back on Twitter

The Independent UK

New reversal by Twitter after move sparked MTA withdrawl

In an about-face, Twitter says it has restored free access to a key tool for verified government and “publicly owned” services so they can tweet weather, transit and other alerts

The Independent UK

MTA No Longer Providing Real Time Updates Over Their With Twitter On API Fees

New York riders will no longer be able to view updates on Twitter as it has been their source for estimated time of arrival.

Zenger

NYC transit agency pulls the brake on Twitter service alerts

The transit authority that runs subways, commuter trains and buses in New York City is giving up on a system that sent automated alerts about service disruptions through Twitter

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New York Institution Says Goodbye to Twitter In Spat Over Money

The Twitter purge has claimed another victim.

The Independent UK

Railroad workers rescue 3-year-old from tracks in New York

Officials say a New York railroad conductor sprinted to scoop up a 3-year-old boy who had wandered onto the tracks

Reason

New York Lawmakers Want To Use a 'Netflix Tax' To Pay for the Subway

From delivery fees to streaming taxes, New York can’t stomach having MTA users actually pay for the system themselves.

Bangkok Post

Subway 'surfing' leaves a grisly, lethal toll in New York City

NEW YORK: One-time subway "surfer" Isa Islam has a straightforward message for thrill-seeking youngsters sparking a surge in riders traveling on the roofs of New York City trains: don't do it.

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The Independent UK

Video of New York commuters frantically switching tracks for connecting train at LIRR station goes viral

Clip was shared after Long Island Rail Road trains started offering service to Grand Central Madison

Tribune News Service

Teen’s subway surfing death is latest in disturbing NYC trend

NEW YORK — The death of a 15-year-old subway surfer trying to ride a train across the Williamsburg Bridge is the latest in a long line of fatalities among daredevils illegally riding the rails atop train cars.

Reason

Biden's 'Buy American' Promise Is a Lot More Complicated and Bureaucratic Than It Seems

An escalator in a subway station is considered a "component" but a fire suppression system in the same station is considered a "finished product." Why? Because the bureaucrats say so.

Tribune News Service

Now NYC transit can get you directly from JFK Airport to Grand Central Station

There’s good news for travelers flying into or out of New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), whether they be daily commuters or out-of-town visitors.

The Independent UK

Lady Gaga’s father complains New York City is ‘filthy’ and ‘smells like weed’

‘It seems filthy,’ says Lady Gaga’s father and restaurant owner Joe Germanotta

The Independent UK

Hochul's $227B budget helps NYC transit, migrant response

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed dramatic spending to help New York City handle a wave of international migrants and to stabilize its reeling public transit system with her $227 billion state budget Wednesday, even as she warned of tougher economic times ahead

Newsroom.co.nz

Cars, fridges, the waste conundrum, and the circular economy

What links a Renault factory that takes cars apart, a tough problem for NZ metal recyclers, and a Dutch pesticide maker? Answer: A more sustainable way of looking at the stuff we consume

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