Subways

Fighting Gas Prices, Nearly A Third of Americans Age 50+ Hang Up Their Keys To Walk But Find Streets Inhospitable, Public Transportation Inaccessible

August 13, 2008 -- A new poll by AARP finds that while many Americans ages 50+ are trying to move away from car transportation as a result of high gas prices, their attempt to go “green” is challenged by inadequate sidewalks and bike lanes, as well as insufficient public transportation options.

Subway entrance in Brooklyn, New York: Photo by ian crowther (CC)    » read more »

Subway Service Expansion to Far West Side will Provide Critical Transit Access and Will Spur Development in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards Area

December 3, 2007 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the start of construction for the extension of the #7 subway line on Manhattan’s far West Side, from its current terminus at Times Square and Seventh Avenue, westward under 41st Street to Eleventh Avenue, and south under Eleventh Avenue to a new station at 34th Street.    » read more »

Project is First Major Expansion of New York City Subway System since 1936; New Segment Projected to Carry 213,000 Riders Daily

November 19, 2007 -- New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today joined New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and Administrator for the Federal Transit Administration James Simpson to announce an agreement that guarantees $1.3 billion in federal funding for the construction of the first phase of the Second Avenue Subway.    » read more »

July 12, 2007 -- Washington, DC – The Fiscal Year 2008 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development bill unanimously approved today by the Senate Appropriations Committee includes an amendment offered by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein that would allow for subway tunneling in parts of Los Angeles. This could help provide much needed public transit to one of the most congested regions in the country.    » read more »