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Public Transportation

L.A. Metro Purple Line subway extension

California Officials Put Residents in Danger With LA Metro Expansion

Even more maddening, it will cost taxpayers at least $400 million more than the original plan.
By Lisa Korbatov
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his partner Sandra Lee take part in the New Year's Eve inaugural ride on the new Second Avenue Subway on Dec. 31, 2016 in New York City.

Cuomo Pushes for NYC Funding for Subway Repairs, Congestion Pricing

Governor Andrew Cuomo outlined his plan for repairing New York City's subway system during his fiscal year 2019 executive budget address.
By Madina Toure
New York City has the slowest buses in the nation, according to a report by Comptroller Scott Stringer released on Monday morning.

Report Says New York City Buses Are the Slowest in the Nation

The city's comptroller said that New York City now has the slowest buses out of any big city in the United States.
By Madina Toure
A #6 train stops before midnight in the Brooklyn Bridge station of the New York City subway system in New York City.

The Subway Doesn’t Have to Stink

By The Editors
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: A conductor on the number 6 line of the New York City subway (L) watches passengers board the train 13 December, 2002, at Grand Central Terminal in New York. The 34,000 member Transit Workers Union is threatening a strike if their contract with the Metropolitan Transit Authority expires at 12:00 AM, 16 December, shutting down subway and bus service across the city. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

The L Train Nightmare Demands a Serious Solution

By The Editors
Under the MTA's new policies, ads like this Pro-Palestine message, which ran at the Prince Street subway, would be banned. (New York Observer)

The Slippery Slope of Banning Controversial Ads

By The Editors
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Train Dreams: Sandra Bloodworth on the Poem You Read This Morning on the Way to Work

By Kim Velsey
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Germaphobes May Soon Have Their Own Fashionable Subway Armor

By Sage Lazzaro
The terror magazine Inspire calls for car bombs in Times Square

What Lies Beneath: NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign’s State of the Station Platforms

By Michael Ewing

Roundup: Bloomberg Cracks Wise; Apple Sneaks Into Grand Central

By Hunter Walker
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