Tag: transportation
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Wednesday is Parking Day at City Council
The City Council’s Transportation Committee is holding a hearing on Wednesday to consider a slew of parking-related bills. One that stands out is Int. 372, sponsored by CM Levin, which would suspend alternate side of the street parking on blocks surrounding a film shoot. So if the orange cones go up, you won’t be stuck…
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Sizing Up the East River Ferry
Like everyone else in the known universe (or so it seems), I’ve been riding the East River Ferry a lot this week. I was a long-time user of the NY Water Taxi, which ran the East River commuter route until the beginning of May1, and I plan on using the ferry when I can to…
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East River Ferry Capacity Limits
Free ferries are a popular commodity. So popular, in fact, that the East River Ferry has huge lines at just about every stop, and the boats are running on what can only loosely be described as a “schedule” (in fact, during off-peak hours, they’ve abandoned any pretense of a schedule, and are just running the…
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NEWSFLASH: Bedford Avenue Station is Crowded
The MTA has released its station ridership figures for 2010. As always, this was a big day around Brooklyn11211 (and at Second Avenue Sagas). The big news – which should be a surprise to absolutely no one – is that the Bedford Avenue station continues to add riders. In fact, we broke 7,000,000 riders in…
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Shorter L Train Next Week
The L train will terminate at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues midday next week, Monday through Friday. Which shouldn’t impact service elsewhere along the line. More info (sort of) here.
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New East River Ferry Launches June 13
East River ferry service map As reported in the Brooklyn Paper this morning (and on Brownstoner), the new East River ferry service is set to begin service in mid June. I met with the operators of the new service a week or so ago, and am very excited about the new service. As you may…
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Feeling Safe
The great Prospect Park West bike lane wars are even greater than the great Kent Avenue bike lane wars of ’09. Unlike Kent Avenue, PPW has lawsuits, studies, polls and the attention of the entire city. In the latest development, Assemblyman Jim Brennan has commissioned a poll to see what his constituents think about the…
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Expanded Ferry Service Coming in June
Map: NYT More details are emerging on the new expanded East River ferry service, and it is mostly very good news (unless you are NY Water Taxi, which seems to be getting cut out of the picture). This doesn’t solve the myriad transportation issues for Greenpoint and Williamsburg, but for people who can use the service,…