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Transit's Big Dig Begins In Jersey

New Jersey Transit has broken ground on what may be the nation's most costly transit project: a commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River to a new Penn Station Expansion that, to the chagrin of transit advocates, will not connect to Penn Station.

June 15, 2009 - The New York Times - N.Y. / Region

Regulating Stalled Construction Projects for Safety

New York City is considering new legislation that seeks to address problems brought by the national recession to stalled construction sites and New Yorkers endangered by them.

June 13, 2009 - The Architect's Newspaper

The High Line Finally Opens

The first phase of the High Line is finished and ready for strolling as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg cut a red ribbon on Monday morning.

June 11, 2009 - The New York Times

Small Park Brings Big Wave to New York City

A segment of New York City's High Line elevated park is set to open this week. New York Magazine looks at the real estate and architecture booms that's accompanying it.

June 10, 2009 - New York

Cheap On-Street Parking: Right or Wrong?

Planners in Park Slope have been experimenting with adjusting the price of on-street parking during peak hours on busy Fifth Avenue.

June 10, 2009 - Streetsblog

Not Enough Chairs in Times Square

Less than a week after Times Square became an outdoor lounge, it is already hard to find a seat there.

June 9, 2009 - The New York Times

Summer Streets in Brooklyn: Pedestrians Only

Starting June 6th, several streets in Brooklyn will be pedestrian- only.

June 8, 2009 - STREETSBLOG.ORG

Frank Gehry's Design is Out

According to government officials and real estate executives, Frank Gehry is out as the architect for Barclays Center arena.

June 6, 2009 - The New York Times

A "Softer" Color Scheme for Hotel Facade on Waterfront

The Planning Board of Buffalo has urged the developers of a new hotel on the waterfront to make design changes so that it looks less "bunkerlike".

June 5, 2009 - The Buffalo News

"Rescue" Bill for New York's Mass Transit

The solution to transportation problems in New York lies not just with the city and the state, but also with the federal government.

June 5, 2009 - DMI BLOG

The Challenge of Finding People Before Counting Them

Collecting Census data can be a daunting task. But in some places, like New York City, just finding the people to survey can be most of the challenge.

June 5, 2009 - NPR

Cobblestones Provoke Controversy in New York's State Capital

"Getting There" columnist Cathy Woodruff investigates the use of cobblestones in Albany's historic neighborhoods.

June 4, 2009 - Albany Times Union

The New Shape of Office Space

A tour examining 'the future of work' looks at several 'coworking communities' around Manhattan, where freelancers and small businesses have pooled resources into one location.

June 3, 2009 - Urban Omnibus

$10 Million Individual Donation to High Line Project

Barry Diller, IAC, and his wife, Diane Von Furstenburg, a well-known fashion designer, have donated $10 million to the Friends of the High Line, which is a non-profit group that manages the project.

June 3, 2009 - THE DIRT

New York City Has Added 200 Miles of Bike Lanes

New York City had a 35 percent increase in commuter cycling last year. Much of the increase was attributed to New York City’s Department of Transportation's experimenting with innovative bicycle facilities based on European models.

June 2, 2009 - rabble.ca

Removing Illegal Signs

On Thursday, the Department of Buildings of New York City took off a billboard which has blanketed the lower floors of the 19th-century Cushman Building, 174 Broadway, at Maiden Lane for several years.

June 2, 2009 - New York Times

The Story of the High Line

The Sundance Channel has produced a series of short films profiling the landscape architects, officials, activists, writers, and Ethan Hawke and Kevin Bacon about how the High Line park came to be.

May 29, 2009 - Sundance Channel

Natural Gas Extraction a Threat to NYC Water Supply?

A water- and chemical-intensive process to mine natural gas may pose a threat to the watershed supplying drinking water to 14 million people.

May 26, 2009 - AlterNet

Advertising Slump Hurts Transit

Titan Worldwide, a company that sells advertising on the sides of buses for the cities of New York, Boston and Minneapolis, is unable to pay millions of dollars in ad revenue it owes to transit authorities.

May 26, 2009 - The New York Times

Times Square, Without Cars

Construction crews moved in to Times Square Sunday night to start work on another ambitious leg of New York's pedestrianization project.

May 26, 2009 - The Huffington Post

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