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Getting Around
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1:31 p.m.
The Mini Cooper’s Chaotic-Evil Approach to a Leisurely Weekend
Did a car make this map?
By
Clio Chang
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This Funny Little Fire Engine Is Pro-Pedestrian
How rightsizing emergency fleets is safer in more ways than one.
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Alissa Walker
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The A Train Commute That’s an Extreme Sport
The escalators are busted at one of the city’s deepest-set stations.
By
Clio Chang
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May 18, 2022
Ann Coulter Discovers the War on Cars
Her math checks out.
By
Alissa Walker
boring news
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That Light in the Distance May Be an Oncoming Tesla
Elon Musk’s new Vegas tunnel will, for the time being, alternate one-way traffic in two directions.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
May 9, 2022
Uber Is Ready to Accept Failure, Sort Of
In a leaked memo, the CEO admits the plan was never going to work.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
May 9, 2022
MTA’s Latest Effort on Fare Evasion Is Mostly Just Annoying
Back door!
By
Clio Chang
getting around
May 5, 2022
‘Stay in Jersey’ Has Some Merit
A troll campaign makes the accidental case for congestion pricing.
By
Alissa Walker
special delivery
Apr. 29, 2022
Who
Isn’t
Suing the USPS Over Its Gas-Guzzler Trucks?
Sixteen states, plus three big metro regions, are trying to get the post office to electrify faster.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Apr. 29, 2022
Danielle Steel Is in Love With Her Bus
A woman finds romance in an unexpected place: with a 44-foot vehicle.
By
Zach Schiffman
getting around
Apr. 27, 2022
Lattes Are the Fuel of the Turnstile Jumper
The MTA chairman sees a pattern,
con panna
.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Apr. 25, 2022
Who’s Afraid of the Subway?
Riding every line in the days after the Sunset Park shooting.
By
Reeves Wiedeman
getting around
Apr. 25, 2022
I Was a Teenage Subway Terror
Now I’m the elder on the subway, praying that the band of teens next to me on the platform doesn’t get in the same car.
By
Collier Meyerson
getting around
Apr. 25, 2022
How Will New York Remember the Subway Shooter?
The city is lousy with people who do horrible things and pass into legend.
By
Mark Jacobson
getting around
Apr. 25, 2022
The Subway Is New York’s Safety Net
It’s not merely a picture of who any of us might become but of who we are right now.
By
Ryu Spaeth
boring news
Apr. 22, 2022
Elon Musk Pivots to Pedestrian Tunnels
His Boring Company is trying to dig holes all over Texas.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Apr. 20, 2022
Talking Alternate-Side Parking With the Queen of Securing a Spot
Mary Norris on strategy, optimism, and transcending to a garage.
By
Clio Chang
getting around
Apr. 19, 2022
‘It’s Over. Immediately.’
Mid-flight announcements and other glimpses at the chaos that ensued after the abrupt end of the transit mask mandate.
By
Clio Chang
getting around
Apr. 11, 2022
Fare-Evasion Arrests Are Back With a Vengeance
Eric Adams’s subway crackdown has arrived.
By
Clio Chang
getting around
Apr. 7, 2022
A Streets Plan That’s Really a Time Machine
NYC’s City Council wants you to get everywhere faster.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Apr. 5, 2022
Turn Gas Subsidies Into Money for Everyone
People can spend it on gas if they want!
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Apr. 1, 2022
The Electrification Revolution Can Start in Smaller Cities
Just look at California’s Antelope Valley.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Mar. 24, 2022
Where Do Drivers Fit in the Alliance Between Uber and NYC’s Yellow Cabs?
Questions remain.
By
Clio Chang
getting around
Mar. 23, 2022
Everyone Still Mad About Bridge Andrew M. Cuomo Named the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge
But you still call it the Tappan Zee anyway.
By
Clio Chang
getting around
Mar. 22, 2022
The MAGA Trucker Convoy Is Having a Hard Time
The drivers have faced rogue cyclists, Tesla drama, (possible) COVID, and the finger.
By
Clio Chang
getting around
Mar. 17, 2022
How to Build a Pedestrian Bridge That Doesn’t Get You Anywhere
L.A.’s attempt to make car-free connections falls short. But there’s some good news for horses.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Mar. 14, 2022
What If Joe Biden Paid You to Get Out of Your Car?
A vision for a commute that might suck less.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Mar. 10, 2022
People Had More of a Comment Than a Question at the Open-Streets Forum
“We’re gonna start to wrap. This is getting out of hand.”
By
Molly Osberg
getting around
Feb. 25, 2022
We May Be Entering a Glorious Era of Stroller Spreading
Is this the end of the MTA’s policy requiring caregivers to fold and stash their strollers?
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Feb. 23, 2022
MTA Decides Platform Doors Are Good Now
A pilot program is on its way to three stations, including Times Square.
By
Caroline Spivack
getting around
Feb. 22, 2022
Bring on the Concrete Bike Lanes
They’re not always pretty, but they work.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Feb. 22, 2022
Buses Have Been Free Before
A humble alternative to a crackdown on fare evasion.
By
Clio Chang
getting around
Feb. 18, 2022
What Do You Call 1,000 Burning Porsches?
A good start.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Feb. 18, 2022
The Very Intentional Way the U.S. Became a Nation of “Accidents”
Jessie Singer’s book argues, persuasively, that we’re doing this to ourselves.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Feb. 10, 2022
Amtrak Doesn’t Have a Plan for the $30 Billion Gateway Program
The rail company is still fleshing out a lot of key details.
By
Caroline Spivack
not grate
Feb. 10, 2022
Bel Air Down There: L.A.’s Wealthiest Try, Once Again, to Fight a Subway Tunnel
The Bel-Air Association hyperventilates over ventilation.
By
Alissa Walker
storefronts
Feb. 7, 2022
The Impossibility of Running a Business in a Closed Subway Station
“People would get off the train and they’d buy a snack, something to drink — and that’s all gone.”
By
Caroline Spivack
getting around
Feb. 3, 2022
There’s Just One Problem With That Cute New USPS Truck
The first huge order of vehicles will mostly be gasoline-powered rather than electric.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Jan. 28, 2022
We Graded Pete Buttigieg’s Road-Safety Plan
Promising policy, with questions about implementation.
By
Alissa Walker
highway removal
Jan. 26, 2022
About Time: Syracuse’s I-81 Is Finally Being Demolished
Kathy Hochul’s next move aims to start rectifying a mid-century mistake.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Jan. 25, 2022
E-Bike Batteries Are Setting a Record-breaking Number of Fires Every Year
And delivery workers are demanding that the city build safe charging stations.
By
Wilfred Chan
getting around
Jan. 21, 2022
Here’s the MTA’s Guide to Stuffing Your Dog Into a Backpack Properly
With some help from Maxine, an internet-famous corgi.
By
Caroline Spivack
getting around
Jan. 19, 2022
L.A. Just Ran (and Ended) the Biggest Free-Transit Experiment in the U.S.
Now Metro is using the information from 281 million free bus rides to game out improvements.
By
Alissa Walker
vision zero but for cougars
Jan. 12, 2022
World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing Is Finally Under Way in Los Angeles
A bridge for local mountain lions that’s nearly an acre in size has been in the works for over a decade.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Jan. 8, 2022
Every Governor Should Copy Kathy Hochul’s Interborough Express
Putting underused rails back into action for transit is a no-brainer of a good idea.
By
Alissa Walker
boring news
Jan. 7, 2022
Two of Elon Musk’s Terrible Ideas Both Flopped in Las Vegas This Week
This was not the future of transportation we were promised.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Jan. 4, 2022
Venice Bridge Will Be De-Calatrava’d to Stop Pedestrians From Face-planting
The tempered-glass bridge that caused “almost daily” falls, breaking at least two people’s bones, will finally be replaced with stone.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Dec. 27, 2021
The New Department of Transportation Commissioner Is a Clear Improvement
Ydanis Rodriguez has a long track record of pushing safer streets policies in New York City, unlike his predecessor.
By
Valeria Ricciulli
highways to hell
Dec. 17, 2021
One State Is Showing Us How to End America’s Addiction to Highway Expansion
Colorado passed a first-in-the-nation rule requiring new transportation projects to prove they can reduce emissions.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Dec. 16, 2021
OMNY Fare Cap Gives Everyone an Unlimited Pass
Once you’ve spent $33, you ride free ’til the next week.
By
Valeria Ricciulli
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