A study put out by Councilman Brad Lander (D–Park Slope) found that only 43 percent of B61 buses arrived on time during rush hour, with some buses arriving 20 minutes late, The Brooklyn Paper reported. [...]
Thursday, December 8, 2011
In a letter to Governor Cuomo, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz said that pulling the plug on plans to rebuild the Brooklyn-Queens and Gowanus expressways “is a show of disrespect” to Brooklyn, the New York Post [...]
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Weekday mornings Osmond Thorne takes commuters and children to school, but he is not driving a bus or subway train. He is behind the wheel of a 15-person commuter van. The vans are a cheap [...]
Friday, October 22, 2010
A new complaint of age discrimination under the City Human Rights Law was added Thursday to the lawsuit filed against the MTA by Southwest Brooklyn’s State Senator Martin Golden and Councilman Vincent Gentile.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
About 50 people gathered at the corner of Third and Bay Ridge avenues in Tuesday evening, despite the chill. Several were in wheelchairs, and many carried walking canes. Most were elderly. None approved of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's route changes.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
By Alex Gecan A block away from the trench in which the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway runs confluent with Hicks Street, an old lady sat in the shade of her childhood home and remembered
Monday, April 26, 2010
The hit-and-run death of Neil Chamberlain last week on McGuinness Boulevard is the result of systematic “lawless driving” in the area, a study by Transportation Alternatives found. Since 2008, two people have been killed and [...]
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
A new iPhone application eases the pain of finding a cab in Brooklyn. CabSense was created using the GPS data from 90 million cab rides to come up with a map that plots the most popular historical pickup and drop-off points. By Mary Plummer
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Bicycle lanes along Smith and Hoyt streets in Boerum Hill and Cobble Hill will be extended into Carroll Gardens this spring, allowing cyclists to ride from the Gowanus Canal to the Brooklyn Bridge. A handful [...]
Thursday, December 8, 2011
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