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NJ Transit's Hurricane Plan, Revealed, is Sparse

New Jersey Transit has released its hurricane plan. Even so, portions of the, slim, three-and-a-half page plan remain blacked out, including -- significantly -- information on where trains would be stored during hurricanes. Some $120 million of NJ Transit trains stored in low-lying areas during storm Sandy were flooded.  Since ...

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NJ Transit's Hurricane Plan, Revealed, is Sparse

New Jersey Transit has released its hurricane plan. Even so, portions of the, slim, three-and-a-half page plan remain blacked out, including -- significantly -- information on where trains would be stored during hurricanes. Some $120 million of NJ Transit trains stored in low-lying areas during storm Sandy were flooded.  Since ...

California County Details How Transit Cuts Harm Health

Alameda County found over 80 percent of transit-dependent people have trouble getting around. As one rider put it: "When the buses don’t run, neither do we. That means we can’t work, play, socialize things like that. And we can’t get jobs and keep jobs and and go to doctors appointments ...

New York's MTA Takes First Steps Toward Hardening Subway Against Future Storms

Here's part of the MTA's problem in post-Sandy world: six subway stations are located in the Lower Manhattan flood zone, and those stations have 540 openings -- manholes, stairways, elevators, hatches and vents -- that could allow water to flow underground. As the authority prepares for future storms, it needs ...

No Docking Stations Needed: A 'Smarter' Bike Share

Just a few days after New York starts up its bike share, Hoboken, N.J. will offer its own, more high-tech program.

Hoboken’s bikes have a built-in lock that replaces the need for bike docking stations, like the ones popping up in New York City. The integrated GPS and smart locks ...

Bike Share. The New Corporate Perk.

The bikes aren't even on the street yet, but New York businesses are planning for the launch of bike share later this month.

While some small storekeepers are bemoaning the big gray docking stations because they take up parking spaces for customers or limit delivery space, larger businesses ...

A Train Service to the Rockaways To Begin May 30

A train service over Jamaica Bay will resume seven months after Sandy washed away the tracks.

D.C. Again Takes On Upstart Competitor To Taxicabs

The D.C. Taxicab Commission has a message for drivers using the new ridesharing mobile app SideCar: they are breaking the law.

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Breathing auto emissions can turn 'good' cholesterol into 'bad.' The MTA is testing an inflatable subway tunnel plug at South Ferry. Houston is cleaning up its mishmash of parking signs. And: when your $450,000 Aston Martin absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.

Minneapolis Celebrates Marriage Equality With a Rainbow Bridge

On Monday, the governor of Minnesota signed the state's Marriage Equality bill into law.  To celebrate, on Tuesday the city of Minneapolis lit up its I-35 bridge in rainbow colors.

GOP Opposition to Virginia Highway Plan Continues to Grow

Another Virginia congressman is adding his voice to Republicans questioning the McDonnell’s administration’s plan to construct a major north-south highway in Northern Virginia, a parkway running west of Dulles International Airport and Manassas Battlefield that critics call an “outer beltway.”

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The NTSB wants states to lower the legal limit for drivers’ blood-alcohol content. Los Angeles's transit system is betting big on bikes. A bill in North Carolina is setting its sights on shutting down Tesla's business model. And: battling bald eagles made an emergency landing in Duluth's airport.

With Two Weeks To Go Before Memorial Day Launch, NYC Bike Share Hits 10,000 Members

“Citi Bike is generating more excitement than we’ve ever seen for a new transportation option and there’s no sign of it stopping,” said DOT head Janette Sadik-Khan. (And that number could already higher: a source told TN that he just purchased membership number 11,490.)

Driving Is Dropping In The U.S.

America's "driving boom" is over. So says a study by U.S. Public Interest Group, which found that after six decades of steady increases in drivership, the trend has reversed.

Report: In 2012 Feds Spent More on Extreme Weather Cleanup Than on Schools, Roads

In the wake of our report on the costs to New Jersey Transit of Hurricane Sandy, a national report says extreme weather clean-up cost U.S. taxpayers nearly $100 billion -- or $1,100 per taxpayer.  That's according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, a national environmental group.

Virginia Pushes For 'Outer Beltway' That Critics Say Isn't Needed

Virginia transportation officials are pressing ahead with plans for a major north-south highway connecting I-95 in Prince William to Rt. 7 in Loudoun County, even as state transportation data shows the far greater demand for lane capacity lies on east-west routes, with the exception of Rt. 28 where it intersects ...

New Jersey Transit Ignored Climate Change Warnings

New Jersey Transit commissioned a study on climate change. But the report didn't raise alarms, and when Sandy roared in, the nation's largest statewide transit agency was overwhelmed, leaving trains in low-lying areas and suffering $120 million in damage to a flooded fleet.

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South Jersey counties want more say in the NJ Turnpike Authority. Brazil's death rate from passenger car crashes is four times that of the U.S. A woman was led off an American Airlines flight in handcuffs for aggressively singing a Whitney Houston song. And: driving is on the decline in ...

Listeners: NJ Transit Needs Overhaul

Following our story on how NJ Transit stumbled when it came to preparing for storm Sandy, you were pretty clear. You want better management, and better communication.