Infrastructure Read
The transportation hub serving about 650,000 daily passengers desperately needs an overhaul. So far, the New York governor’s plans don’t begin to address the problems.
It’s the first major new bridge built in New York City since 1964. The main traffic benefits may arrive in 2020, when a second crossing opens.
Officials say the move, which would cause huge disruptions for commuters, is needed because infrastructure at the terminal urgently needs an overhaul.
Emma G. Fitzsimmons, who covers New York City transit for The Times, finds story ideas on buses and bridges, in bike lanes and subway cars.
Accidents and congestion at Penn Station and maintenance issues plague Amtrak. It needs a new Hudson River tunnel. But it could face major funding cuts.
Commuters in New York City got another reminder on Friday that a malfunction in one station can create problems across the aging system.
Janno Lieber will be in charge of high-profile projects such as the Second Avenue subway extension and a new train terminal under Grand Central.
The country’s 3,300 miles of ice roads are a lifeline for marooned communities during frigid winters, but climate change is making the roads unsafe much earlier.
NYC Ferry will add flexibility and strength to a transportation web that is frayed, overstretched, splitting at the seams.
Readers say this could be an important issue for President Trump to make good on.
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