Sentences with phrase «of 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.

«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.»

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.»

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.

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.

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.

Tuesday's remarks came during during a wide - ranging speech on the future of public transportation in the city, in which the presumptive mayoral candidate also called for a new «X» subway line connecting Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx, an AirTrain to LaGuardia and the reenactment of the «commuter tax» on non-New Yorkers.

But Metro - North officials said they expect riders who would use the proposed lines to be primarily of city residents who use public transportation, and would get to the new stations by subway, bus or bike.

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

Given the limited number of parks the city has to offer, urbanites no doubt will appreciate any new green space offered, even if it runs alongside a subway line.

Sneaking away for some fun is therefore a requirement to get through these busy times, and Bekka and I had a fantastic time exploring the new Upper East Side subway stations on the Q line, part of the new Second Ave subway.

The ploy initially works, but three years down the line, she's shocked to learn that the new breed has rushed through countless generations of development and now lives in the bowels of the New York subway systnew breed has rushed through countless generations of development and now lives in the bowels of the New York subway systNew York subway system.

The Westside Purple Line Extension comprises a three phase, 8.9 mile station - to - station subway heavy rail line that would operate as an extension of the LA Metro's existing Purple Line from its current terminus at Wilshire / Western Station to a new western terminus in West Los Angeles near the Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital in WestwLine Extension comprises a three phase, 8.9 mile station - to - station subway heavy rail line that would operate as an extension of the LA Metro's existing Purple Line from its current terminus at Wilshire / Western Station to a new western terminus in West Los Angeles near the Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital in Westwline that would operate as an extension of the LA Metro's existing Purple Line from its current terminus at Wilshire / Western Station to a new western terminus in West Los Angeles near the Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital in WestwLine from its current terminus at Wilshire / Western Station to a new western terminus in West Los Angeles near the Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital in Westwood.

West End Concourse Improvement includes the construction of a) an expanded passenger concourse beneath the Farley Building including new vertical access points serving platform numbers three to eleven, b) an underground connection to the Eighth Avenue subway line, c) an underground connection to the existing Penn Station, and d) plazas at street level.

Despite their penury, they manage to have fun and take joy in activities like riding the subway trains to the end of the line and exploring new neighborhoods.

The newest line is Línea H, which has the only subway station in the world named after a LGBT civil rights figure, Carlos Jáuregui, at the corner of Sante Fe and Pueyrredon Avenues.

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

We're located in the heart of Manhattan's Upper West Side, only two blocks from Central Park, a main subway line, Columbia University, lots of bars, a 24 hour grocery store and only a 20 minute train ride to Times Square, Penn Station and all the great things New York City has to offer.

Boasting a modernistic facade and sweeping vistas of New York City's famous skyline and the Hudson River, the hotel is within walking distance of Jacob Javits Convention Center and all major bus / subway lines.

Due to the cheap rates, there are no other services or facilities provided within the hotel, but major subway and bus lines are found close by which you can take to open up the wealth of bars, restaurants, nightclubs, theatres, museums, galleries, shops and attractions New York has to offer.

In 2016 Sze will complete a major commission for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, at the 96th Street Station of the new Second Avenue subway liNew York, at the 96th Street Station of the new Second Avenue subway linew Second Avenue subway line.

One - eyed girls in uniform line a subway (or maybe one of those new bullet trains), with a storm at the center.

Living and working in New York is hard work (speaking from personal experience) and when you finally get off the subway, weave through hundreds of people on the streets and climb your stairs to your apartment; opening the door to your home can feel like you've just crossed a finish line.

The new 63rd Street station on the Second Avenue subway line in Manhattan, which opened January 1, 2017, features artwork by Pratt Institute alumna and Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts Jean Shin (B.F.A. Painting» 94; M.S. Art History & Criticism» 96).

Tuesday morning I encountered a Miami - bound artist on the New York subway, then joined a line of bicoastal collectors on the jetway leading to my plane.

Ward explains: «Over the summer of 2015, I rode the trains of each of New York City's twenty - two subway lines, collecting bacterial samples from hand rails, seats and other high traffic surfaces in an attempt to create an unconventional series of portraits of the city's complex eco-system and a snapshot of the city at large.

The Germania Bank Building on the corner of Bowery and Spring in Manhattan has long been the kind of structure that inspires New York real - estate fever dreams: mysterious and historic, seemingly abandoned, and central to a number of subway lines.

Shaw will be represented by his London New York Paris Moscow bookshelf, in which each shelf represents a different international subway line through the arrangement of its titles.

Looking at the works created for this show by Fountain House Gallery artists immediately conjures the urban experience; from the rivet - like repetition of Julio Mendoza's circular collage forms to Ariella Kadosh's solitary subway map lines set against a void of negative space, the images convey the shared and insular zone we New Yorkers inhabit at the same moment.

Its floods knocked out electrical power in all areas above 59th Street in Manhattan and in all of the Bronx, the new IND subway line lost power, and 100 large trees in Central Park were destroyed.

This can be built by investing the savings in national priorities right now while clearly communicating to the general public that the new investments — regardless of whether they fund a new school, hospital, bridge, direct cash transfer, or subway line — are made possible because of subsidy savings.

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.