Subway Transportation Industry

Long Island Rail Road and Long Island Bus passengers would get socked with whopping fare hikes and widespread service cutbacks under the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's proposed 2009 operating budget, measures that transit officials say must be...

After six years of planning and a recent round of public hearings, a clear consensus has emerged among civic and business leaders about what a long-debated east-west transit line through Baltimore would look like - if it is ever built in the face of...

Leaders of Baltimore's medical institutions, colleges and universities rallied yesterday in support of a proposed east-west light rail line from the city's eastern border to Woodlawn, calling it an essential part of a robust urban transit system....

How livable do you want both Los Angeles and California to be in the years ahead? On Tuesday, you can have your say. Two ballot items -- Measure R and Proposition 1A -- will, if approved, redefine transportation in L.A. and throughout the state, giving...

In a region where traffic is an all-consuming complaint, a half-cent sales tax increase to improve traffic flow might seem like a sure thing. But in the final weeks before Tuesday's election, the Measure R campaign has devolved largely into a regional...

Don't expect new roads or rails to start appearing across Los Angeles County now that Measure R has passed; transportation officials say the first in a long list of projects is still several years from opening. Early work is likely to include an...

A half-cent sales tax hike to pay for road and rail construction won approval in Los Angeles County, as a massive voter turnout appeared to provide a major boost to the ambitious transportation plan. Measure R, which is crucial to Mayor Antonio...

Marcelo Ebrard has turned this balmy city into an ice skaters' wonderland. He's conjured sandy beaches far from the sea. He's made hordes of annoying hawkers vanish from the historic main plaza. In nearly two years as mayor of Mexico's capital, Ebrard...

A subway line across 125th Street, a Manhattan-bound ferry from Bay Ridge and free cross-town buses are all part of a blueprint for the future transit system released Thursday. Regional Plan Association, a transit and planning think tank, suggested new...

During the epic battle of Long Island in August 1776, George Washington hoodwinked the British by ferrying his troops to Manhattan from what was then called the Town of Brooklyn, leaving an empty campsite behind. Since then, escapism has moved in the...

Los Angeles is as famous for its traffic congestion as it is for its sunsets and palm trees, and it has paid a steep price, in smog and gridlock, for its love affair with cars. Belated attempts to devise a functional public transit system have run up...

A leading business group is pushing a plan to build a light rail line between Woodlawn and East Baltimore that would include substantial tunneling to go underneath downtown and neighborhoods opposed to surface tracks. The Greater Baltimore Committee...