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Electric Car Infrastructure Coming To NYC
Chris Giblin |
New York got its first public charging station for electric cars earlier this month. More are coming, as industry analysts predict that soon the country will be demanding the cars.
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MTA Cuts Mean Bigger Crowds, More Problems
Jake Mooney |
Transit cuts don’t just mean fewer trains. There’ll be less room on trains that are running. And that could compound other problems underground.
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New York’s Eccentric Road Signs
Cody Lyon |
Every time a new mayor or borough president gets elected, the city pays around $350 to update each of the affected signs. Photo by: Cody Lyon
A city with as much gall as ours doesn’t wimp out, even at road signs. By: Cody Lyon
Drivers, cyclists or pedestrians traveling New York City roads, bridges and tunnels face a bewildering array of signs – 1.3 million of them in fact. There are greeting signs between the boroughs, like the one – along a Brooklyn border – saying goodbye with a dialect: “Leaving Brooklyn ‘Fuhgeddaboutit.’”
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Some See Racial Impact From Mass Transit Funding Crisis
Jarrett Murphy |
With most U.S. transit systems considering service cuts or fare hikes, some advocates are painting the push for better federal funding not in terms of what’s “green” but what’s black and white.
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MTA Budget Cuts Will Hit Disabled
Emily Keller |
But even as the transit system reduces some services, it continues other efforts to improve accessibility.
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Getting From Here To There
Emily Keller |
With deep transit cuts in the works, activists and officials prescribe new ways to travel around the city.
