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Teen’s subway surfing death is latest in disturbing NYC trend

NEW YORK — The death of a 15-year-old subway surfer trying to ride a train across the Williamsburg Bridge is the latest in a long line of fatalities among daredevils illegally riding the rails atop train cars.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

Biden's 'Buy American' Promise Is a Lot More Complicated and Bureaucratic Than It Seems

An escalator in a subway station is considered a "component" but a fire suppression system in the same station is considered a "finished product." Why? Because the bureaucrats say so.

Reason · Feb 21, 2023

Now NYC transit can get you directly from JFK Airport to Grand Central Station

There’s good news for travelers flying into or out of New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), whether they be daily commuters or out-of-town visitors.

Tribune News Service · Feb 13, 2023

Teachers Unions Spent $22 Million Backing Massachusetts 'Millionaire's Tax'

The constitutional amendment is an attempt to undermine the state's flat income tax system.

Reason · Nov 7, 2022

New Yorkers with disabilities are suing city over subway gaps

The gaps between subway platforms and trains are an accessibility issue

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022

Hidden homes from shopping centre flat to garden cave and train station hideout

Michael Townsend created a secret apartment in a shopping centre, which he furnished with a sofa and a PlayStation, but he's not the first - so here's a round-up of people who have lived in unusual places

Daily Mirror · Oct 28, 2022

As subway crime soars, MTA pushes to ban certain criminals from NY's transit system

NEW YORK — As subway crime continues to soar, the Metropolitan Transit Authority is urging judges and district attorneys to help ban “certain criminals” from the transit system, the New York Daily News has learned.

Tribune News Service · Oct 25, 2022

Gov. Hochul, Mayor Adams roll out new subway crime crackdown and plan for the system’s homeless

NEW YORK — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, joined by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, rolled out a new plan Saturday with a promised police surge to make the city’s 3.6 million daily straphangers stay and feel safer on the subway while providing help to the system’s homeless population.

Tribune News Service · Oct 22, 2022

Is This Atlanta Streetcar 'The Worst Transit Project of All Time'?

Transit ridership, especially rail, has collapsed post-pandemic, but the Atlanta BeltLine Coalition says now is the time to take federal dollars and build a $2.5 billion streetcar.

Reason · Sep 22, 2022

New York City subway trains getting security cameras

Security cameras, which are already ubiquitous on New York’s streets, will soon be installed in all of the city’s nearly 6,400 subway cars as officials work to rebuild riders’ faith in the system’s safety

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022