WATCH: The New York City Subway Comeback, in GIF
WNYC’s Data News team has turned the city’s post-Sandy recovery into a time-lapse GIF. Click through for the full image.
View ArticleHow NY’s MTA Restored Service…to the Subway Map
The MTA's Chuck Gordanier, holding up the Hurricane Sandy Recovery Service subway map (photo by Kate Hinds) If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 If...
View ArticleThe H Train Rides Again in the Rockaways
(For the full NYC subway map, go here.) The H train is rolling where the A train can’t. Starting Tuesday, residents of the storm-battered Rockaway Peninsula will get a free subway shuttle known as the...
View ArticleSandy Data Shows NYC Commuters Are Transpo-Adaptable: Report
In the days following Hurricane Sandy, when New York’s regional transit systems were either completely shut down or barely limping along, commuters still found a way to work — by biking more, embracing...
View ArticleR Train To Go Further South in Manhattan, But Not Crossing To Brooklyn — Yet
More of the NYC hurricane recovery subway map will be shaded in on Monday morning at 6am (click for large version) New York’s R train — which hasn’t gone south of 34th Street since Hurricane Sandy —...
View ArticleNY MTA Head Formally Backs Fare Hike
As expected, the head of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority is recommending the agency raise the base fare for subways and buses by 25 cents, and increase the cost of a 30-day...
View ArticleBreaking: MTA Approves Fare Hike — and Lhota Officially to Resign This Month
MTA head Joe Lhota announcing his "bittersweet"'decision to resign as chairman. (Photo by Jim O'Grady) If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3...
View ArticleNYC Subway Ridership At 62 Year High, Despite Sandy Disruptions
Crowded L train platform at 1:30 on a Saturday night (Sunday morning) New York City’s subway ridership rose 0.8% in 2012, despite storm Sandy-related shut downs and service disruptions. According to...
View ArticleLaHood Doles Out Another $1.42 Billion To Transit Hit By Sandy
(New York, NY – WNYC) The federal government is making available the balance of $2 billion promised to transit agencies hit hard by Sandy. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told transit...
View ArticleSubway Sea Wall Of Steel Rising Between A Train And Jamaica Bay
Pile driver installs a section of steel wall between A train tracks in the foreground and Jamaica Bay behind. (photo by Jim O'Grady) (New York, NY – WNYC) New York is Holland now: the NY Metropolitan...
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