Think New York Transit Is Bad? Just Wait
If Trump cuts Amtrak and other funding, the region could be facing a transportation apocalypse.
Don the Builder Toys With a Promise
Not only is there no trillion-dollar infrastructure plan. Mr. Trump is blocking projects already in the pipeline.
Snarled Commutes, Squabbling Agencies and Amtrak’s Penn Station Responsibilities
The task of moving people around the New York City area falls to a tangle of agencies. But when something goes awry, it’s up to Amtrak to sort it out.
Van Wyck Guardrails Take a Beating From Cars and Trump (but Not Weather)
The president said a New York expressway’s median was shielded by aluminum “garbage” that melts in the heat. That just isn’t true, the State Department of Transportation said.
Partial Transcript: Trump’s Interview With The Times
The president discussed infrastructure, taxes and health care, and his opinions on the Fox News host Bill O’Reilly and the former national security adviser Susan E. Rice.
Trump Weighs Infrastructure Bill but Keeps New York Up in the Air
Describing the plan as a legislative sweetener, the president refused to say if it would include two New York City projects that his budget for next year would defund.
Trump Cuts Leave Bridge and Rail Projects Hanging
Supporters cheered a plan to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure, but the proposed budget slashes funding.
Trump Budget Leaves New York-Area Transit Projects Up in the Air
A Second Avenue subway extension and a new train tunnel under the Hudson are counting on federal funding that the president is proposing to slash.
A Chinese-Backed Dam Project Leaves Myanmar in a Bind
The unpopular dam poses a daunting test for Myanmar’s leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi: Going ahead with it would anger the public. Killing it would anger China.
New York Has a Great Subway, if You’re Not in a Wheelchair
After my accident, I learned firsthand how civic dysfunction can disenfranchise the vulnerable.