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Getting Around
getting around
Jan. 5, 2025
It’s On
As the congestion-pricing toll system went live, enthusiasts (and a couple of others) gathered to cheer at the uptown edge of the Manhattan fare zone.
By
Christopher Bonanos
getting around
Dec. 18, 2024
They Missed Their Cruise Ship. That Was Only The Beginning.
A group of nine passengers were stranded on a remote island in Africa. They spent seven days trying to catch back up with the boat.
By
Bridget Read
getting around
Nov. 14, 2024
Where Does $9 Congestion Pricing Get Us?
Trying to make sense of Kathy Hochul’s mess.
By
Nolan Hicks
getting around
June 14, 2024
What Made Kathy Hochul Flip?
Inside the governor’s sudden U-turn on congestion pricing.
By
Nolan Hicks
getting around
Jan. 11, 2024
Drama in the Teachers’ Lounge
New York City educators were shocked to hear their union was suing the MTA.
By
Bridget Read
getting around
Nov. 29, 2023
A Postcard From Driverless San Francisco
Unexplained stops. Incensed firefighters. Cars named Oregano. The robotaxis are officially here.
By
Theodore Gioia
getting around
June 23, 2023
You May Soon Have to Pay More to Drive That SUV in New York
A state bill proposes that owners pay much more for their heavier (and deadlier) vehicles.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Apr. 25, 2022
Who’s Afraid of the Subway?
Riding every line in the days after the Sunset Park shooting.
By
Reeves Wiedeman
getting around
Nov. 11, 2021
Uber Is Yet Again Being Sued for Discriminating Against Disabled Riders
Some passengers with wheelchairs are charged extra on every ride, according to a Justice Department lawsuit.
By
Valeria Ricciulli
getting around
Nov. 3, 2021
Meet the Newest Next Penn Station
Hochul is tightening the focus from Cuomo’s sweeping plans and looking to fast-track the project. Maybe it’ll work.
By
Justin Davidson
andrew cuomo resignation
Aug. 11, 2021
We Just Got a Reprieve From Cuomo’s Worst Transit Ideas
So we might not get stuck with that LGA AirTrain anymore.
By
Alissa Walker
safer streets
June 3, 2021
Grim New Numbers: Traffic Deaths Highest Since 2007
Speeding, mostly, seems to be the cause.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Dec. 22, 2020
Can a Worker-Owned App Pull Drivers From Uber and Lyft?
A cooperative tries to revolutionize ride sharing.
By
Sarah Jones
getting around
Dec. 14, 2020
‘The Whole Economy Depends on It’: Chuck Schumer on His Push to Bail Out the MTA
The New York senator talks about trying to persuade red-staters to keep our transit system from collapsing.
By
David Freedlander
getting around
Nov. 5, 2020
Uber and Lyft Just Bought a Law in California
The companies spent $200 million to pass Proposition 22, which establishes gig-economy drivers as a new employment class.
By
Alissa Walker
Dec. 1, 2016
Mayor de Blasio Has Been Taking a Lot More Chopper Rides This Year
More in the past three months than his entire term.
By
Jen Kirby