Articles tagged “nyc”

Alta Bicycle Share has promised more than they can deliver in planning North America's largest bike share system, but they've pulled it off in Boston and DC so the program should eventually succeed.

The Bloomberg administration has done smart and pleasantly heavy-handed rethinks of the city's public spaces, and its proposed changes to Times Square look like another step towards improving life for everyone who's not in a car.

Over 5,000 round-trip tickets from New York to Tel Aviv sold for a quarter of the usual fare on Monday after news of the computer glitch spread through social media and New York's large Jewish community.

Is it possible to capture the culture of a city by counting how many museums, bookshops, and comedy clubs it has? Perhaps culture is under-researched because it is something that is better felt than counted.

It's questionable how granite posts could have ever protected LIRR's Atlantic Station from a terrorist attack, but if the MTA had been itching to spend money, we wish they had started on Penn Station’s much needed make over instead.

New Yorkers will have different opinions on the trade-off between quickly finding a taxi and paying higher taxi fares, but all will appreciate this video with 100 years of transit changes.

Ignorance is far from bliss -- especially if you can consult Google Maps before you head out into the NYC subways to see what treats the MTA has in store for you.

Transportation Nation gets into the nitty-gritty of the confusion surrounding the official bike share launch, but NYC residents should start seeing the first stages of deployment some time by September -- depending on your neighborhood.

As opposed to Starbuck with chairs and tables, the city's campaign is targeted a smartphone and tablet users (or  a laptop user with good balance) who need a little extra connection along their way.

As summer heats up, evening activities migrate to outdoor spaces. Here's how New York stays ahead of the game.