from Wednesday's "Replacing The Tappan Zee Bridge" event is up. Speakers and panelists discussed why New York needs a new bridge -- the three-plus-mile span crosses the Hudson between Rockland and Westchester -- and how to build it. One of the mos Read More
Woe betides Long Island commuters this week. Sunday, a passenger-less Amtrak train derailed under the East River. Because Amtrak and LIRR share quarters in this tight space, the severe damage to Amtrak's rails that ensued has hit the MTA's Long Island Rail Road. Read More
E.J. and I had a podcast chat this morning to run through some of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s 2009 payroll data, released last week by the Empire Center's seethroughny.net. The data show that last year, the MTA's 74,708 workers... Read More
If Gov. Paterson cuts funding to the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority as expected, the MTA may make up for the cut by slashing payments to its pension fund, the Bond Buyer (you need a subscription). The MTA would use the t Read More
Wendell Cox has a new at newgeography on how practically to open up transit monopolies. One part, which discusses how London runs its public-bus service, is relevant to New York: Transport for London ... is competitively bid. Between Read More
As France-based Veolia Transportation under an initial five-year contract, New Orleans's transit workers will be growing accustomed to a private-sector-style pension scheme, too. Read More
Jay Walder, Gov. Paterson's pick to head the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, took questions from Democratic senators today ahead of their Thursday vote on his nomination. Of interest: Walder's views on private-public partnerships and whethe Read More
A major transit union may shut down London's Tube for two days starting tonight, "making life wretched for most of the working population," in the words of the Evening Standard. The strike, if it happens, is partly the legacy of the national governme Read More