Nearly ten years ago, I wrote about the ‘Triboro RX’, a plan to bring passenger trains to the freight tracks of Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx. That plan has never gone anywhere, until now. It has re-emerged as the “Inter-borough Express”—a plan to bring passenger trains to much of the same route, with the exception […]
As we slowly slide off the back end of the mountain – the first wave of covid-19 virus deaths in NYC, it is a good time to reassess all the mistakes that were made. One of them being the availability of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).
Just before new years, the MTA released their plan for redesigning the Queens bus network. The MTA, of course, often delivers some of the most underwhelming design work around. As usual, actually commuters are taking a back seat to political concerns. If you really want to know all the various ways this redesign has rubbed […]
Over the years, we’ve published a few catty articles on this site that attacked some poorly thought out new transit ideas running through Queens. So let’s be clear: we need to build all of it.
Photo via NY1 This morning, the national political landscape is waking up to a new reality. Joe Crowley, the number four man democrat and presumed next speaker of the house, has been voted out in a landslide. On a local level, the transit implications of this are very promising.
This past weekend, the NYC DOT (very) quietly released their study on creating a new rail transit route through Queens. Let’s take a look at this seemingly futile piece of research into a transit project that won’t exist anytime soon.
Just before Christmas, The MTA finally released their L Train shutdown plan.
10 years ago, the NYC government had an opportunity to save a historic church in Maspeth, Queens. Nearly every elected official involved either dropped the ball or did not care.
Late yesterday, news broke that Billionaire Joe Ricketts has shut down two major NYC online news outlets: Gothamist on and DNAInfo.
I really want to be explicit about this: I am one of the biggest transit advocates you’ll ever meet. Strong transit options are what made NYC a great city, and could be leveraged further to make it one of the most ecologically sustainable cities on the planet. Unfortunately our subway and rail systems have not […]
Down to the first floor as of this morning. A little over one year ago, this website was the first to report the start of demolition work at the former Elks Lodge in L.I.C. Over the course of this last year, we often posted updates on the building’s status to Twitter. The destruction of this […]
On the afternoon of March 15th 2017, nearly 24 hours after a major snow storm dumped a few inches of snow in much of NYC, I took a walk from Court Square to 50th avenue along Jackson avenue in LIC. The purpose of this trip was to document the various snow shoveling efforts of property […]
In February of 2016, New York City Mayor DeBlasio unveiled a plan for the city to build a street car/light rail line along the Brooklyn and Queens waterfront in conjunction with an organization known as ‘Friends of BQX”. Since then, there has been no shortage of arguments, some for and many against the proposal. This […]
“What the hell is that? Are they trying to distract drivers more”? This was the first comment I heard from a passerby as I watched a work crew installing L.I.C.’s newest, and arguably ugliest piece of public art. The work, commissioned by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, was first planned over two years ago. […]
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