When you explore as much of NYC as we have, you can't help but to notice trends and issues - many of which our (often corrupt) elected officials ignore. It leaves us with a choice: advocate change and accountability, or sit aside watching the real crooks get away with crimes against society that we (the people they like to paint as crooks) never even consider
We love infrastructure and advocate for the sensible development thereof, without ridiculous rules.
Wins: In 2004 We disrupted and destroyed an MTA effort to ban photography within the subway system (even on platforms).
We defend and advocate for open green spaces.
Wins: Willow lake trail reopened after we shamed the government into action.
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.
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