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Happy New Year from The Keen Cosmopolitan!
Happy New Year to all of my subscribers and fans! 2014 was a great year for me, and I am looking forward to 2015. I have a number of trips and posts planned, and I intend on writing more commentary … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, BRT, bus, keen cosmopolitan, LRT, Metro, Photography, rail, train, transit, transit glossary, travel, WWID
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New York City: A Transit Wishlist
New York City: the greatest city in the world. Great food, great stores, great tourist attractions, great history, great culture, great diversity, great transportation. Great transportation that can be greater but isn’t quite there yet. It will only take a … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Series, WWID
Tagged light rail, LIRR, Metrocard, MNR, MTA, NFC, projects, RFID, Rockaway Beach Line, SBS, Select Bus Service, transit, transit wishlist, Triboro RX, wishlist, WWID
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Attractive Transit for New York City
New York is one of the greatest cities on the planet, with one of the greatest transit systems in the country,…well, the largest one, anyway. This is not to say that it’s perfect, but it’s vast and popular enough that … Continue reading
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Tagged bus, Greater New York, MTA, NICE, NJ Transit, NYC, NYCT, regional, smart card, subway, TOR, transit, WWID
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Re-imagining the New York City Bus Network
The MTA seems to be in the stone ages when it comes to finding ways to reverse the decline in bus ridership while still breaking even in terms of cost per passenger and what’s called the farebox recovery ratio. Even … Continue reading
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Tagged bus, bus lanes, bus service, direct access, feeder, Greater New York, MTA, NYC, NYCT, outer boroughs, restructure, WWID
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Redesigning the NYC bus map
Buses are a lifeline for many New Yorkers, especially those who need to take buses to get to subways that don’t reach the outer city limits. In many parts of Queens, the subway only travels halfway into the borough, and … Continue reading
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Tagged bus routes, buses, clueless, confusing, crosstown, feeder, intertwine, main, map, MTA, MTA Bus, New York, NYC, NYCT, outer boroughs, pretzel, Queens, secondary, shuttle, trunk, WWID
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