Eisenberg Gerald
New York, NY:
New Yorkers are increasingly relying on ride-hailing services over subways
A new NYCEDC report says that declining subway and bus ridership levels can be attributed to ride-hailing apps.
How easy is it to accidentally ride your bike onto I-676?
Nobody seems to know yet why two Indego riders ended up on I-676, but one point of interest that arose out of the discussion…
How an Impenetrable M.T.A. Overhaul Could Actually Affect Your Subway Ride
Sure, it’s no beach read. But the 37-page report on reorganizing the transit agency could have a big impact.
What Subways Need Is More Zoetrope Animation
Your crowded train leaves the station and rumbles through the darkness, wheels screeching against a curve. It’s just another morning commute. But then light and color rush in from outside from one of the oldest animation technologies in the world. It’s a zoetrope. And we need more of them.
Why Your Subway Train Might Start Moving Faster
The subway’s leader, Andy Byford, is raising the speed limit for trains on parts of the system and fixing faulty signal equipment.
How Unpredictable Is Your Subway Commute? We’ll Show You
A detailed exploration of an important but overlooked part of commuting in the city: variability.
How ride-hailing could improve public transportation
Uber — friend or foe? Ride-hailing companies may be able to spur on future success of public transportation
What Ride-Hailing Is Really Doing to Urban Traffic
In a new report, the companies admit that their drivers are increasing congestion in U.S. cities.
Should Ride-Hailing Vehicles Reduce Emissions?
Driving an electric ride-hailing vehicle may be good for the planet but costly for the driver who may have to limit the distance of rides and search for fast-chargers. Uber is trying to help out.
Study: When Ride-Hailing Companies Enter the Market, Traffic Fatalities Increase
These aren't the ride-hailing outcomes we were promised.
Can Ride-Hailing Apps Become More Like Buses and Less Like Taxis?
A big part of reducing car traffic involves using cars more efficiently. Ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft are supposedly assisting in this transition by making car ownership less necessary.…
The Crowded Subway Etiquette Guide
One should remember that the pole is for holding only.
Fix The Subways, With Weed
Legal weed is a painless way for state and local governments to raise major new tax revenues, and it comes as big cities desperately need the investment.
A Eureka Moment for the Subway?
But why did it take so long to find light at the end of the tunnel for L train commuters?
Is LA getting the subway car it needs?
Your Guide To Subway Etiquette, According To Puppets
If you won't listen to us about clipping your fingernails and popping your zits on the subway, maybe you'll listen to the puppets.
Bacteria-filled subways leave riders feeling queasy
Straphangers are worried sick over a new study that found traces of the bubonic plague and other bacteria — including ones that cause meningitis and staph infections — in the city subway system. “I…
Prepare Yourselves, There Is No Immediate Fix for Hot Subway Stations
Technology exists to make it feel cooler while waiting on sweltering platforms, but the MTA isn’t likely to implement it anytime soon
