Fourteenth of a Series: Toll Supporters Keep Fighting
Last June, when New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered a “pause” on the proposed congestion toll for vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th Street, it appeared that the court cases filed by
Author: David Peter Alan
Thirteenth of a Series: New York Judge Says ‘OK’ After Hochul’s ‘Pause’
Until the middle of June, we had covered the controversy over the proposed congestion toll for vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th Street in detail. Officials in both New York and New
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Twelfth and Final of a Series: Mobility in the Balance—A Life-or-Death Situation
Over the summer now ending, I have examined the situation now faced by eight of the largest transit systems in the United States, all of which include significant rail networks that, between
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Eleventh of a Series: Existential Threat to Transit
When Congress authorized federal funds for transit operations in late 2020 and early 2021 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, that particular aid for the nation’s transit providers was meant to
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Tenth of a Series: ‘T’ Stands for ‘Trouble’
I now complete my “tour around the country” to find out how major transit providers are faring in their efforts to keep going, despite the deficits those agencies will face when the
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Ninth of a Series: Will LA Remain a ‘Transit City’?
At the end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, one of the characters mentioned how great the transit in Los Angeles was. Of course, the story was set in 1947, when Pacific Electric’s
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Eighth of a Series: More Hard Times for Bay Area Transit?
Much has been written about the alleged downfall of San Francisco and the Bay Area in general. When I visited in June to catch up on rail transit extensions in California that
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Seventh of a Series: Chicagoland’s Choice – Funding or Politics?
This summer, I have been examining the effects on transit and its riders that we can expect when the federal funding for operations that was enacted as part of the COVID-19 relief
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After the Battle, a Few ‘Post-War’ Thoughts
The “Second Battle of Mobile” is over. It ended in a victory for Amtrak, the officials and advocates who fought for the coming Gulf Coast trains, and the riders who will have
Mobile City Council Gives Amtrak Gulf Coast High Green
After roughly 2½ years of covering every skirmish in what we have come to call the “Second Battle of Mobile,” it now looks like the battle is essentially over. On Aug. 6,