Thought The MTA Was An Issue Last Year? Things Could Get Even More Interesting.
Ben Muessig at Gothamist is one among many reporting today that a fare hike jumping monthly metrocard rates to over $100 may be on the way. Meanwhile, the Daily News reports that members of the...
View ArticleW Train Funeral
MYD mourned the loss of the W train at the W Train Funeral on Friday. Pictures from the event:
View ArticleRoad to 1000 Democratic Ideas
Have an idea for fixing the MTA, or improving education in New York City? The New York State Democratic Committee wants to hear from you. They’re launching a new initiative called Road to 1000...
View ArticleSafer Streets Mean a Healthier New York
There has been a lot of unwarranted and over-the-top opposition to New York City’s bike lane network this year. Amid all of the this noise, it is easy to lose sight of the facts that cycling is...
View ArticleSuccess on the East River Greenway!
Last Wednesday, Mayor Bloomberg and a broad coalition of City and State elected officials announced that they had reached an agreement with the United Nations to fund the completion of the East River...
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Bike Share Will Redefine New York
MYD Transportation Chair Josef Szende trying out Melbourne's bike sharing system earlier this year; the same system will be coming to New York in the summer of 2012. New York is on the cusp of a new...
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Volunteering with New Yorkers for Safe Transit
Last weekend, MYD teamed up with New Yorkers for Safe Transit, a coalition of community-based organizations working to eliminate gender and discrimination based violence, including harassment and...
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Port Authority Bus Garage: A Pragmatic Transportation Investment
Over the past few years, transportation advocates’ eyes have been fixed on high profile projects such as the ACR commuter rail tunnel and the Tappan Zee Bridge. But the Manhattan Young Democrats...
View ArticleAccidents & Prevention
With two rail accidents and two airline incidents, the month of July has been frightful in the transportation world: On July 6th, Asiana Flight 214 crashed in San Francisco International Airport...
View ArticleAsking a Genie for More Wishes and Other Thoughts from the MTA Reinvention...
If you could change one thing about transit in New York City, what would it be? Last week, the MTA Reinvention Commission, the panel of transit superstars convened by Governor Cuomo to make...
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