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Slower Citi Bike speed limit means higher costs for riders and more cash for Lyft (opens the original)
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This column originally appeared in On The Way, a weekly newsletter covering everything you need to know about NYC-area transportation. Sign up to get the full version, which includes answers to reader questions, trivia, service changes and more, in your inbox every Thursday. Slower rides may be leading to higher profits for Citi Bike. Last October, then-Mayor Eric Adams ordered Citi Bike to cap speeds on its fleet of grey pedal-assist electric bikes to 15 mph, down from 18 mph. Lyft, which owns
NYC lawmakers want 'low-traffic neighborhoods' with more speed humps, street changes (opens the original)
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A group of city councilmembers wants to turn areas across the five boroughs into “low-traffic neighborhoods” — and is pushing legislation that would mandate minor changes to the streets to discourage driving. The bill, which is being introduced Thursday by Councilmember Shaun Abreu, the chair of the city’s transportation committee, would require the city transportation department to make changes to streets in five neighborhoods “with a focus on creating low-traffic neighborhoods through directin
MTA loses bid to eliminate mandatory staffing of subway token booths (opens the original)
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A Manhattan judge has halted an MTA effort to allow antiquated token booths in subway stations to go unstaffed under limited circumstances. The MTA announced a policy in January of leaving token booths locked and unstaffed for an eight-hour shift if the scheduled station agent called out sick or was on vacation. Previously, the MTA had backfilled the role by paying a fill-in station agent for an overtime shift. In March, Transport Workers Union Local 100, which represents the station agents, fil
Exteriors of NYC subway trains covered in grime while MTA repairs car washers (opens the original)
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Subway cars across multiple lines aren’t looking their best these days. Trains on the E, F, L, M and R lines are all running with dirty exteriors while the MTA repairs the subway car washers at two of its depots, the agency confirmed. The MTA said the repairs are part of a $73 million job to fix the car washers at Jamaica Yard, where trains on several lettered subway lines are maintained, and Canarsie Yard, which services the L line. Subway trains on the L line have been dirty since last year wh
Park Avenue redesign moves ahead, city plans leafy walkway and 2-way bike lane (opens the original)
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New York City's Department of Transportation unveiled an updated vision for Park Avenue on Thursday, releasing a new design that would remove more traffic lanes for cars than previously planned. City officials have for months said they aim to overhaul an 11-block stretch of the avenue from 46th to 57th streets to make its medians look more like a park. They plan to overhaul the street while the MTA rebuilds the Grand Central Terminal train shed beneath it. The city released two designs for the a
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