Transportation News: New York City

The Regional Plan Association (RPA) published their Fourth Regional Plan on November 30th, 21 years after the previous one was

On Tuesday, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released a report focused on how to improve the NYC bus

though New York and many other states along the Atlantic coast have bounced back from Sandy’s devastation -- which required a total federal aid package of $50.5 billion -- there is still a lot of work to be done.

Last week, Mayor de Blasio announced that, in partnership with Con Edison, New York City will install a high speed

There’s a debate among New York’s elected officials over how to fix the city’s debilitated, overcrowded transit system. Increasing delays and accidents have caused Governor Andrew Cuomo to declare the public transportation system to be in a state of emergency in desperate need of a solution. Although Governor Cuomo controls the transportation authority, he has called upon Mayor Bill de Blasio to help mend the crisis too, and they both have conflicting ideas on how to do so.

 City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez (representing District 10) and 27 other City Council Members are calling on Mayor de Blasio

This week, eight groups (including NYLCV) released a proposal called “Transportation and Equity: A 2017 Agenda for Candidates.” In it,

The New York City Council Committee on Transportation held an oversight meeting last Monday regarding how New York City can