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Nearly one year in, New York's congestion relief program is saving people time and creating good jobs on construction projects to deliver the reliable, accessible subway service that millions of riders deserve, not just in Manhattan, but deep into Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx
"Great Britain implemented a similar structure in the mid-1990s. It is now in the final stage of undoing that experiment."
Amtrak, at the prompting of the FRA, is proposing a major restructuring. Today, October 30, is the last day to comment on it.
Great Britain implemented similar structure in the mid-1990s. It is now in the final stage of undoing that experiment.
hsrail.org/blog/is-amtraks-p…
Danny Pearlstein retweeted
A new study shows that reducing VMT and investing in alternatives to driving is critical to reducing crash deaths. We lose hundreds of New Yorkers annually on our streets; it's time we take action and reduce the volume of traffic in our city. It's a matter of life and death
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What a heartbreaking week it has been. Sir Patrick Stewart was a friend, a colleague, and a magnificent actor. From the stage to the bridge of the Enterprise, he brought intelligence, grace, and a deep sense of humanity to everything he did. Captain Picard stood for the best of us, and so did the man who played him. I was filled with affection and admiration for him and his work.
My heart goes out to Sunny and his family. He will be deeply missed.
Danny Pearlstein retweeted
‘Fix the Bus,’ transit advocates say in new campaign to organize bus riders behind push for fast and free service amny.com/nyc-transit/fix-the…
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When asked by Streetsblog why New Yorkers are able to park their private cars, but not their bikes, on the street for free, NYPD on the scene doubled down: “You can’t store personal property on the street."
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/10/…
"The car thing, the car's gonna be a car.
"It is pretty scary to walk on the road, especially when there's cars on both sides of the road, no shoulder, no sidewalk, and that was my thing.
"There needs to be more sidewalks.
"People wanna walk."
Bronx native Chantz Rivera walked more than 2,500 miles across the country to San Francisco.
What has he learned? (And how do his feet feel?)
Plus more stories to kick off your Thursday.
hellgatenyc.com/chantz-river…
Danny Pearlstein retweeted
"This year, 29 percent of all ticket sales on the commuter railroads were City Tickets, and ridership has increased by 478 percent at the Laurelton station in Queens and 503 percent at the Melrose station in the Bronx."
LIRR and Metro-North ridership surged within New York City limits after the MTA expanded $5 peak/$7 off-peak intracity fares in 2022 — driving the bulk of ridership growth on the two commuter railroads.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/10/…
ROCK ON
BREAKING NEWS: The @siadvance endorses Mike DeCillis for Congress over incumbent Nicole Malliotakis. “We urge Staten Islanders who believe our nation deserves less division, more unity, and a renewed sense of respect on the world stage to cast their vote for Mike DeCillis.“
Danny Pearlstein retweeted
We lost a giant today. We owe so much to Dolores Huerta for everything she did to organize and politicize the working class.
Her legacy lives on every time a worker attends a union meeting, stands on the picket line or in solidarity with their neighbor, and speaks out against power — even if it’s within our own movements.
Que descanse en paz 🕊️
New York dipped a toe in the water of regional rail and riders like the feel
Let's take the plunge
LIRR and Metro-North ridership surged within New York City limits after the MTA expanded $5 peak/$7 off-peak intracity fares in 2022 — driving the bulk of ridership growth on the two commuter railroads.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/10/…
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Years ago @MarkLevineNYC held hearings on NYC's toilet apocalypse: Insane costs, long timelines, few toilets
Then @hknightsf made national news on SF's "Million Dollar Toilet" scandal
Now NYC's toilets are hitting $7M. How do we fix subway procurement if we can't do toilets?
I FOILed for the number of closed public bathrooms in city parks. The data showed some have been shuttered so long the city couldn’t remember when they were last open. The total? 68. Some have no plans for repairs. The average cost? $5 to $7 million.
thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/…
Danny Pearlstein retweeted
Sunset Park neighbors have suffered through year after year of preventable tragedies on Third Ave. But crossing the street shouldn't mean risking your life.
I'm so glad we're finally taking action to make Third Ave truly safe for everyone who uses it. – at Brooklyn, NY
Mamdani plans redesign of Brooklyn's Third Avenue after nurse killed in hit-and-run
gothamist.com/news/mamdani-p…
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Hard to believe how much has changed in a decade.
When I was covering transit then, @MTA was mired in a maintenance spiral, cost overruns, and aging infrastructure. Expansion seemed like a luxury.
Now it has the most ambitious capital program in a generation, with a system improving each day.
Kathy Hochul is the first governor from upstate NY in about a century. She might also be New York City's biggest transit supporter in decades.
nytimes.com/2026/10/28/nyreg…
In a city with a legal right to shelter, pervasive violence is one reason people still sleep on the subway and streets
spurred partly by my reporting, the NYC Council is holding an oversight hearing on violence at homeless shelters today, & the committee report cites my @Gothamist/@WNYC investigation on chronic chaos at the Tillary St. Women’s Shelter in Downtown Brooklyn: gothamist.com/news/homeless-…
Danny Pearlstein retweeted
Kathy Hochul is the first governor from upstate NY in about a century. She might also be New York City's biggest transit supporter in decades.
nytimes.com/2026/10/28/nyreg…
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NEW from @kduggan16: Mamdani Finally Advances Redesign of Deadly Brooklyn Corridor Shelved by Adams
“Preventable traffic deaths are not inevitable, and we will not accept them as the price of getting around our city.”
— @NYCMayor nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/10/…
Danny Pearlstein retweeted
The @MTA says “legend has it that the 2,174-foot-long Manhattan Valley Viaduct, a massive steel bridge over a deep valley in Upper Manhattan, was built in just two weeks.” In the same newsletter it brags about a current project going thru five or six stages of review. Hello?