Sentences with phrase «new subway lines»

Several more lines are in the development stage, and all will be integrated with the city's new subway lines.

While Beijing plans to upgrade its public transportation with a handful of new subway lines and bus rapid transit (BRT) lines, smarter urban planning remains elusive.

Though the cost of the expansion has not been calculated, even before the 2008 «Green» Olympics brings a million visitors to the city, Beijing is expected to spend somewhere between 200 - 250 billion RMB on transportation upgrades, including new bus lines and the new subway lines 5, 8 and 10.

Four new subway lines are expected to start operating later this year.

On 4 August 2006, the Thai government announced plans for the building of three new subway lines starting next year.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a barrage of big transit plans during his State of the State address, including congestion pricing and a possible new subway line to Red Hook.

«I am also calling on the MTA to take steps to improve transportation options to Red Hook, including studying the potential of a new subway line to connect Red Hook to Manhattan.»

From the January issue: Barring any unforeseen catastrophe, the Upper East Side should have a new subway line in 2017.

Stringer said the proposed new subway line would run above ground and would be built along existing rights of way, which would eliminate the need for tunneling and save cash.

Sixty - five feet below the streets of Manhattan, workers are digging the city's first new subway line since the 1940s.

It's amazing to see a new subway line be born in my lifetime and though I was skeptical when it was first announced the line has been rather life changing for me, making the UES suddenly accessible again, less than 30 minutes by subway now as opposed to closer to 45 minutes before.

The Crossrail project is the biggest infrastructure project in the history of Britain, a new subway line running right under London.

Apparently there are several competitors for the projected new building but the ease of access to be provided by the new subway line would be a major factor in York's favour.

Not exact matches

Track closures mean some people find other ways into the city, including ferries, buses and PATH trains, a subway line running between lower Manhattan and New Jersey.

And if you miss it, don't worry too much — the entire subway line is normally on display at the New York Transit Museum.

The train line, consisting of eight vintage New York subway cars from several different eras, runs for a few weekends each year — from the Sunday after Thanksgiving to the end of the year, only on Sundays.

Projects such as building subways in the Greater Toronto Area, replacing Montréal's Champlain Bridge, building a new Windsor - Detroit crossing and constructing Vancouver's Evergreen Line will create jobs across our country.

It was another miserable morning on New York City's subway after delays snarled more than a dozen lines today, with an antiquated signal system blamed for many of the problems.

While the MTA is undertaking a $ 836 million emergency plan to reverse the New York City subway's precipitous slide, an equally consequential crisis has been brewing aboard the city's public buses, which provide more than 725 million rides a year and reach places that are not close to a subway line.

Parsons Brinckerhoff has previously worked on projects at the San Francisco International Airport, the O'Hare International Airport and New York's Second Avenue Subway and No. 7 subway line extension, according to its website.

New York Daily News article on BP Adams asking the MTA to give straphangers a free subway transfer between the Junius Avenue station on the 3 line and the Livonia Avenue station on the L line.

Though the event was basically a self - congratulatory cocktail party for Governor Cuomo, intended to celebrate the «on time» completion of the subway line, there were some exciting moments — namely the inaugural ride itself, which was commandeered by MTA chairman Thomas Prendergast and traveled to the three new stations on the Second Avenue line.

The MTA is investing in new cleaning equipment and considering launching a program focused on foods that are «appropriate» to eat on the subway following a track fire sparked by trash that suspended two train lines Monday.

2nd Avenue subway opens to the public Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, MTA chairman Thomas Prendergast and everyday New Yorkers experience the public opening of the long - awaited 2nd Avenue subway line on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, on Manhattan's East Side.

All LIRR riders will be given a free transfer during the morning rush to New York City subways at Atlantic Terminal and Hunterspoint Avenue which have direct and easy connections to multiple subway lines.

The New York Daily News reports that the subway station on the 1 line is set to reopen in October, after being completely rebuilt to the tune of $ 158 million.

An abandoned $ 300 million condo conversion, 19 New Developments Along The Second Avenue subway line, and 12 billionaires who could buy all of Manhattan...

The commissioner said efforts to expand the Second Avenue Subway Line and buy new subway cars could help reduce tensions.

The concerns about new buildings and new residents overtaxing schools, sewers and subway lines are the same as with Astoria Cove, as are the fears of losing the very features that define New York City neighborhoods, make them attractive to outsiders and beloved to longtime residents — their architecture, their ethnic flavor, the familiarity and affection between members of a cohesive communinew buildings and new residents overtaxing schools, sewers and subway lines are the same as with Astoria Cove, as are the fears of losing the very features that define New York City neighborhoods, make them attractive to outsiders and beloved to longtime residents — their architecture, their ethnic flavor, the familiarity and affection between members of a cohesive communinew residents overtaxing schools, sewers and subway lines are the same as with Astoria Cove, as are the fears of losing the very features that define New York City neighborhoods, make them attractive to outsiders and beloved to longtime residents — their architecture, their ethnic flavor, the familiarity and affection between members of a cohesive communiNew York City neighborhoods, make them attractive to outsiders and beloved to longtime residents — their architecture, their ethnic flavor, the familiarity and affection between members of a cohesive community.

I expect to see four new Metro - North stations, ferry service, and connection to our sister boroughs in Queens and Brooklyn via the Triboro line subway connection.

The new 1.5 - mile rail line would connect the airport to the current Willets Point station that serves Long Island Rail Road commuters and the No. 7 subway line.

A new MTA study recommended restoring express service to parts of the F line in Brooklyn — a change that would speed up commutes for some subway riders while leaving others with longer waits.

They need to take this opportunity to make their demands known to the MTA, whether it is for a new bus rapid transit line, access to Metro - North or Long Island Railroad at a subway rate, or connectivity with the ferries.

New Yorkers had their last chance for an underground tour of the Second Avenue subway line before the Q train begins running from the East 63rd Street station to a new stop at East 96th Street late this yeNew Yorkers had their last chance for an underground tour of the Second Avenue subway line before the Q train begins running from the East 63rd Street station to a new stop at East 96th Street late this yenew stop at East 96th Street late this year.

Straphangers are getting a sneak peek of the new line of subway trains being rolled out by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

For five days this month, the MTA will close a subway crossing under the East River that carries the E and M lines between Manhattan and Queens, filling it with hundreds of workers who will lay new track and fix signals around the clock.

A day after presiding over the opening of a subway line in Manhattan that had been discussed for nearly a century, MTA Chair Thomas F. Prendergast announced that he would retire as head of the New York City region's sprawling transit system.

Among Cuomo's plans for bolstering subway service in New York City: Awarding $ 1 million «Genius» grants for those with the best idea at fixing problems along the transit lines.

New York City Council Member Larry B. Seabrook, Chair of the Civil Rights Committee and Council Member John Liu, Chair of the Transportation will host a community meeting and speak out in District 12, on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's toll and fare increases and service cuts on bus and subway lines.

He also pledged new measures to try to help residents and small businesses impacted by the construction of the Second Avenue subway line, which he described as «the MTA's largest open air construction bazaar.»

Despite his feelings about the New Year's Eve bash, which is expected to draw close to 2 million revelers Saturday night into Sunday, de Blasio will be attending the ball drop after taking the inaugural subway ride on the Second Avenue Subway line.

The Democratic governor wants to spend $ 22 billion on bridges and highways, add a third line to the Long Island Rail Road, overhaul Penn Station, upgrade airports throughout the state and commit $ 8.3 billion to a plan to overhaul New York City's subway system.

It's the end of the line for the MetroCard: the MTA announces a new fare system that will allow subway and bus riders to pay with cell phones or certain credit or debit cards.

He continued to polish his resume as a master builder, with both the $ 4 billion Tappan Zee bridge project and the new Second Avenue subway line in Manhattan.

Mr. Cuomo was concerned that an OHL subsidiary wouldn't meet the deadline to outfit a subway station on the new Second Avenue line in Manhattan ahead of its scheduled opening on New Year's Day 20new Second Avenue line in Manhattan ahead of its scheduled opening on New Year's Day 20New Year's Day 2017.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Republican mayoral candidate and former Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota reportedly said this week that he did not think it was «appropriate» to shut down two subway lines for a pair of lost kittens.

The resurrection of the W in Queens and Manhattan is associated with the emergence of the new Second Avenue subway line and the role foreseen for the Q train on that new line.

In a city weaved together by more than two dozen subway lines, no train comes within walking distance of the 75 - year - old airport, a gap in the system which has frustrated and puzzled generations of New Yorkers.

Gale A. Brewer, the Manhattan borough president, said she noticed Mr. de Blasio adopting a more enthusiastic tone toward Mr. Bloomberg at the opening of a new station for the No. 7 subway line in September.

Comptroller Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Letitia James both backed the «Fair Fare» proposal, which would cut subway and bus fares in half for New Yorkers living at or below the federal poverty line.