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The city will install a bike boulevard on 1.1 miles of 31st Avenue in Astoria this year, adding a much-needed safe east-west corridor for cyclists and pedestrians in the western Queens neighborhood, officials revealed Thursday.
Under the Department of Transportation proposal, presented at a town hall on Thursday, a two-way protected bike lanes will run from Steinway Street to Vernon Boulevard at the waterfront, while the roadway will go from two-way to one-way for car drivers...

Last week, thousands of commuters were stranded for hours — some overnight — when the Northeast Corridor shut down in the middle of the evening rush hour due to Amtrak-related equipment issues.
Disasters like these have become a pattern for New Jersey commuters, who suffer severe delays with disappointing regularity. There were 328 non-Amtrak-related NJ Transit train cancellations last month, while the system’s “mean distance between failures...

The right to free speech could soon come face-to-face with the right of way this summer.
Now that many campuses are clear of encampments, protests against Israel’s assault on Gaza may shift from quads to roads, setting the stage for potentially volatile clashes due to America’s dependence on cars — and the very thin skin of drivers and their...

A new coalition of Red Hook residents and supporters is pushing for a bus route between the Brooklyn neighborhood and Lower Manhattan — while MTA officials indicate they’re taking another look at better transit options for the enclave.
The newly founded Red Hook Coalition For A Bus To Manhattan may finally be getting a hearing from the transit authority, which has in the past insisted residents continue to rely on buses to and from subway stations in adjacent neighborhoods because...