#public-transportation

#public-transportation

The Long Island Rail Road is officially suspended as a massive worker strike enters its third day, leaving nearly 300,000 daily riders scrambling for alternate ways into New York City and turning large parts of Queens, Brooklyn and the Long Island Expressway into one giant stress ball.

In 1895, an eccentric businessman named Henry Gaylord Wilshire began developing a luxury residential community on what was then the western edge of Los Angeles. In a gesture of civic pride, or perhaps shrewd self-promotion, he cut a strip of land running four blocks down the middle of the subdivision and donated it to the city for a grand boulevard. But his gift had two conditions. The first was that the road be named for him. The second was that rail lines be banned from the thoroughfare.

For days now, advertisements for the Festival of Hope featuring American preacher Franklin Graham have been appearing on Madrid's Municipal Transportation Company (EMT) buses. The posters, which cover the sides of the vehicles, include a direct invitation: Share the love of Jesus Christ with people from all over Madrid.

Zen'Yari Winters, who works at a pet shop in East Memphis, Tennessee, faces a 20-minute commute that often takes three hours due to the unreliability of the bus system. She has to navigate a transit desert where the only full-service grocer closed in 2025, forcing her to buy groceries online to avoid long waits or expensive Uber rides.

The Redbirds trace their origins to 1959, with the debut of the R26, the first of nine closely related subway car types that became synonymous with New York's transit system.

"Caltrain and BART would very likely be looking at shutting down passenger service," Deputy Director of Policy Development Melissa Jones said. "In that case, the agencies would be focused on maintenance, trying to secure our assets, keep everything safe while we regroup for the future."

The plan adds an infill station for a transfer to the LIRR and extends the line in a slightly roundabout way to connect to an infill Northeast Corridor station before veering to the airport.

The buses in La París de Sudamérica evolved out of a system of taxis, and each route is run by a separate company to this day.

Muni fare revenue remains way, way down, with $97 million in 2024 compared to $283 million in 2015, despite ridership being above 70% of pre-pandemic levels.