Anatomy of a Water Main Break
A water main break rages under the South Millvale Bridge in Bloomfield in January. (Photo courtesy of PWSA)(Larkin Page-Jacobs, Pittsburgh, WESA) You know it's winter in Pittsburgh when your car is...
View ArticleCity of Alexandria Joins Homeowner Battle Against Location of I-95 Ramp
Outside the Overlook community in Alexandria (photo by Martin Di Caro)(Washington, D.C. - WAMU) For the first time since they began fighting the construction of a highway ramp near their homes, a...
View ArticleChristie Gets to Whiz Thru the Lincoln Tunnel. And He Wants You to Know It.
Governor Christie gets to speed through traffic, and he wants you to know. Earlier this week, Christie's press office sent out a clip of the Governor, joking with second graders. Kind of the warm and...
View ArticleNY MTA Raises Fares For Fourth Time In Five Years -- What You Need to Know
New York area transit riders will now pay more.(New York, NY - WNYC) It happens at the stroke of midnight on Saturday: fares go up for riders of subways, buses and express buses in and around New York...
View ArticleSF Program Free Muni for Youth Gives 40,000 Students a Free Ride
Students celebrate the start of Free Muni for Youth (photo by Isabel Angell)Starting this month, some kids in San Francisco can ride the bus for free. The new program, called Free Muni for Youth, aims...
View ArticleHarlem Has History of Child Pedestrian Danger
Most children who have died in traffic in Manhattan since 2009 have been hit within seven blocks of PS 155 (Photo by Alex Goldmark)Listen:As we reported last week, six-year old Amar Diarassoubba was...
View ArticleNY MTA Says Charging $1 For A New Metrocard Is Not, As One Rider Claims,...
Replacing a beat-up Metrocard (left) with a new one (right) now costs a dollar.(New York, NY - WNYC) This weekend, New York subway and bus riders were hit with their fourth fare hike in five years....
View ArticleCensus: New York, Maryland, and New Jersey Have Most Long-Distance Commuters
(New York, NY -- John Keefe, WNYC) Do you travel at least 90 minutes and 50 miles to work every day? The U.S. Census Bureau calls you a "mega-commuter" — and you're not alone.According to the census,...
View ArticleD.C. Considering Lifting Mandatory Parking Minimums
(photo by vpickering via flickr)The District of Columbia’s Office of Planning is considering a proposal to potentially squeeze the supply of available parking spaces in some neighborhoods as new...
View ArticleBeyond the School Bus: How Children Around the World Get to School
For thousands of children worldwide, the toughest part of getting an education is getting to school.Walking to school in Calcutta (photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/SIPA)A new exhibit now on display at the...
View ArticleCalifornia is Least Improved in Highway Conditions
The I-880 freeway in Oakland, Calif. (photo by Julie Caine)California has the worst track record in improving its highways, while spending twice the national average per mile.That's according to a new...
View ArticleSequestration Means Less $$$ To Harden Northeast Transit Against Future Storms
One of eleven major NY subway tunnels flooded by Sandy. (photo by MTA New York City Transit / Leonard Wiggins)(New York, NY - WNYC) New York area transit has received a double setback, both having to...
View ArticleOld Diesel Equipment Still Spewing Soot Into Pittsburgh's Air
(photo by Emily DeMarco/Public Source)(Emily DeMarco, PublicSource) Morry Feldman downs two horse pills with breakfast. Then, he uses four different sprays. Two puffs into the mouth. Two into the nose....
View ArticleNYC Taxi E-Hail Program Delayed
(photo by bluepix52 via flickr)A pilot program allowing New Yorkers to hail taxis via smartphone will not begin Friday after all.On Thursday afternoon, New York State Supreme Court Justice Carol Huff...
View ArticleToll Lanes Touted as Congestion Fix for Central Florida's I-4
Artist's impression of the I-4 Ultimate project through Orlando (Image courtesy of Florida Department of Transportation)"We love Orlando, we love Mickey Mouse, we love Walt Disney, Universal, the...
View ArticleAUDIO: With the A Train Gone, Traveling to the Rockaways Becomes Much Harder
View from the A Train window as it crosses Jamaica Bay. (Photo by roboppy)(New York, WNYC) Before Sandy, every A train trip between the Rockaway peninsula and the rest of New York City began and ended...
View ArticlePost-Sandy Repairs To NYC Subway Will Cause Years Of Disruption
Tracks coated with the residue of saltwater flooding (photo by Jim O'Grady)(New York, NY - WNYC) Expect delays. That's the message from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority as it readies...
View ArticleCar Sharing, Transit and Bike Access Could Render D.C.'s Parking Minimums Moot
A parking garage in Georgetown (photo by AlbinoFlea via flickr)(Washington, D.C. - WAMU) Downsizing parking is necessary to reduce car dependency in D.C., says one real estate expert.Chris Leinberger,...
View ArticleHow A Fake Train Station Could Improve Public Transportation In Miami
(Arianna Prothero, WLRN) Over the weekend, public transit advocates in Miami built a temporary train station along an imaginary transit line. They called it the Purple Line, sticking with the theme of...
View ArticleVideo Tribute to Fung Wah: "I'll Think of You Always with Nostalgia and Fear"
Was your heartbeat racing, as fast as your wheels?/ When you flipped over on the Mass Pike, like a clown on a peel (...of a banana)It was just such fears that led the federal government to shutter...
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