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This Week: Help Choose Bike-Share Locations in CB 4

Streetsblog New York City

The big activity on the livable streets calendar this week — and perhaps for weeks to come — is bike-share station selection. The first local workshop, hosted by Manhattan Community Board 4 and West Side elected officials, will begin to determine where... »

Winners and Losers

Mobilizing The Region

Your weekly guide to heroic and villainous actions in tri-state transportation and development. Winners Metro-North's New Haven Line posted record ridership | photo: Wikimedia Commons Riverkeeper—New York State’s water [...] »

DITMAS PARK: A sign of the times: Coffee the Train Man helps commuters catch the subway

The Brooklyn Paper

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Eli RosenbergThe Brooklyn PaperThe MTA is spending hundreds of millions installing countdown clocks at subway stations, but one Ditmas Park entrepreneur provides the same service for just a cup of coffee, a half-s... »

As MTA App Contest Closes, A Look at Some of the Contenders

NYConvergence

Last month, the MTA announced the launch of a new contest challenging app developers to come up with apps to help the riders of the various subways and commuter trains in NY.  With the deadline for the public to vote for the winners approaching this We... »

Building a home for Amtrak they can’t afford

Second Ave. Sagas

Over the past decade and a half, spurred on first by Daniel Patrick Moynihan and later by supporters who wanted to continue his efforts, well-connected New Yorkers have fought for an expansion of Penn Station into the Farley Post Office. Part of their ... »

Weekend Events: Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa and Everything Else!

A Child Grows In Brooklyn

Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas or Kwanzaa, we have pulled together some fun events for you to do this weekend. For additional events, please see our post on Hanukkah Events, and on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Family Services. Kwanzaa sta... »

See Our Landmarks Made Out Of Twigs: NY Botanical Garden's Holiday Train Show Is Back!

Gothamist

        The annual Holiday Train Show extravaganza at the New York Botanical Garden has returned, showcasing model trains traversing replicas of New York City landmarks, which are all created out of plant materials, like leaves, twigs, bark, berries, s... »

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Key Part Of MTA’s East Access Project Fast-Tracked

WCBSTV.com

The $7.4 billion mega project has been plagued with delays and far-off completion date, putting it on the back burner in the minds of many commuters. »

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