Can two city councilors avoid partisan sniping and stay focused on the issues in the race for mayor?
Transportation
Posted inTransportation
Building Back Bicycle-Friendly
Cycling gained popularity during the pandemic, but efforts to revamp city streets to accommodate both cars and bikes met with mixed success.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: Amtrak Victorious
The much-maligned rail operator gets some respect and more than a few billion in banknotes out of the bruising infrastructure battle.
Posted inWorking in America
Reaching the End of the PATCO Era?
Forty years after Ronald Reagan made union busting a national norm, labor has a shot at rebuilding worker power.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: In Bipartisan Bill, States Must Consider Private Financing for Major Transit Projects
A provision in the latest deal would require cities and states building transit to commission a study, usually conducted by management consultants, giving private finance ‘a fair shot.’
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: Public Transit Gets Funded—for Now
The infrastructure deal won’t dissuade the GOP from looking for new ways to defund public transportation.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: One Deal Forward, One Deal Back
The same day the bipartisan bill advances in the Senate, one of its key architects throws cold water on the reconciliation companion.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: The Untrained Bipartisan Deal-Makers
The senators negotiating the infrastructure package don’t have expertise in infrastructure, and it’s showing.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Eyeing Federal Infrastructure Windfall, Private Equity Courts Public Utilities
Bernhard Capital has pitched to take over management of municipal water and power systems. The federal infrastructure bill could help them.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Council Implementing New York’s Climate Law Is Stacked With Industry Executives
A top energy executive, whose firm is designing pro-gas talking points, has a seat at the table charting the state’s path to decarbonization.