Now celebrating its fiftieth year, MTA Bridges and Tunnels’ Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has been the starting point for the NYC Marathon since 1976. MTA congratulates the 50,564 finishers of this year’s marathon.
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NYC Marathon 2014: Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014Streetfilms – Kidical Mass NYC: “Zombie Ride,” Queens
Monday, October 27th, 2014
About 30 folks attended the Kidical Mass “Zombie Ride” in Queens today. What a great time had by all participants.
View this complete post...Getting to the Route of it: The Role of Governance in Regional Transit
Thursday, October 16th, 2014
ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION
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…Could regional governance be at the root of problems faced by transit systems in other regions? Some regions have struggled to create universal farecards with updated technology. Other regions have targeted investment to new projects while neglecting the core network. Many regions struggle with coordinating service and interfaces between different operators or transit modes. If regions attempt to solve these problems without resolving their governance issues, they—like Chicago—may be fighting a losing battle.
New York City: Subway Station Conditions
Thursday, October 9th, 2014
OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER
The New York City subway system includes 468 passenger stations, which are used by 5.5 million riders each weekday. The system is operated by New York City Transit (NYCT), the largest subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Over the past 32 years, NYCT has renovated 241 subway stations at a cost of $4.5 billion as part of its station rehabilitation programs. Under these programs, each station was fully renovated to a state of good repair, including structural and architectural components. Once the work was completed, however, NYCT moved on to the next station for rehabilitation without committing the resources to maintain the renovated stations.
What It’s Like To Bike NYC Every Day
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
Bike messengers Greg Ugalde and “Young Nick” Moers show what it’s like to ride a bike in heavy NYC traffic every day.
View this complete post...NYC Six Month Report Card: New Class at the City Council
Monday, September 8th, 2014TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES
In January, 21 new members were sworn into the 51-seat City Council – New York City’s most powerful governing body. Some defeated long-standing incumbents. Many were elected on the strength of their transportation platforms, with promises of more safe, convenient and affordable transportation ushering them into office. In a Transportation Alternatives survey before the election, candidates pledged to improve bus service, expand the bike network and make New York City’s streets and sidewalks safer for everyone. Now, halfway through the first year of their terms, Transportation Alternatives looks back at what City Council members pledged, and how they have lived up to their promises on crucial transportation issues.
NYC: The Magnificent Chandeliers of Grand Central Terminal
Thursday, August 14th, 2014
Learn about the fifteen chandeliers that have helped light the way for over a century at Grand Central Terminal.
View this complete post...Pothole Analytics: TEDx Talk with Lucius Riccio, Ph.D.
Friday, August 1st, 2014
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In this talk he combined his knowledge and experience of infrastructure issues with his analytic skills to make a compelling argument for America’s policy makers to invest the right amount of funds for public infrastructure using the pothole as a metaphor for all infrastructure needs. He points out America’s lack of understanding of its infrastructure needs and its inattention to the work and wisdom of its engineers.
View this complete post...NYC: Six Months of Vision Zero Traffic Enforcement
Friday, August 1st, 2014
TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES
Despite two decades of steady declines,traffic fatalities remain an epidemic in New York City. More people are killed in traffic than are murdered by guns;traffic crashes are the foremost cause of preventable death for New York City children and, after falls,the primary cause of injury-related death for older New Yorkers.
In February 2014, Mayor Bill de Blasio launched a Vision Zero initiative –with the goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries in New York City by 2024 –which the New York Police Department embraced wholeheartedly, instructing all precinct commanders to increase enforcement of the most dangerous traffic violations.Increased enforcement remains a central element to achieving Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero goal.
View this complete post...Modeling Taxi Demand with GPS Data
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
Taxis provide an alternative to conventional public transit services in many cities, and understanding the demand for taxis requires consideration of the role that taxis serve in the greater transportation system. This report presents the results of a study to model taxi demand across time and space, explicitly accounting for the presence and quality of transit service. The primary objective of the study was to identify the factors that drive taxi demand and to understand how this varies by location and time of day. This was accomplished by developing demand models for taxi trip generation and mode choice that explicitly account for the characteristics of transit service in the neighborhoods where trips are made. The resulting insights are useful for making regulatory, planning, and engineering decisions about how to manage taxi markets, accounting for their role in the transportation system.
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