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New Yorkers Are Skeptically Optimistic About the L Train Non-Shutdown
It seems... good? But maybe also catastrophically bad?
New York City Wants to End Its Classist E-Bike Policy
The bikes are technically illegal, yet that hasn’t stopped thousands of New Yorkers from using them.
Albany Finally Has a Chance to Reform the Subways
With full Democratic control of the statehouse for the first time since 2010, New York lawmakers are now confronted with a huge undertaking: fixing New York City’s subway system.
Is New York’s Subway System Actually Getting Better?
It's been a year since the $836 million Subway Action Plan was introduced. It's been working, but New Yorkers haven't seemed to notice.
A First Look at 'the New L,' the Startup Community’s Solution to the L Train Shutdown
For $155 a month, L train passengers can take an ultra-lux alternative that offers free WiFi and a breakfast bar.
New York Is Still Looking for Options During the L Train Shutdown
“Understandably, New Yorkers on both sides of the East River are getting more and more anxious about what some are calling the L-pocalypse.”
Rent in Brooklyn Is Finally Kind of Sort of Going Down a Little Thanks to the L Train Shutdown
Nancy Wu, an economic data analyst at StreetEasy, tells us exactly how hard north Brooklyn will be hit by the shutdown.
The L Train Shutdown Is Getting Its Own Documentary
We talked to filmmaker Emmett Adler about who the shutdown hurts most, crazy alternatives for the L train, and how government can better the heart of New York life.
Dentures, Trumpets, and Prosthetic Limbs: Inside the Subway’s Lost and Found
VICE got a rare look at all the bizarre things New Yorkers leave behind on the city's subways.
Which Commute Will Save You During the L Train Shutdown?
A nonprofit design organization recently ran a test to see how long it would take riders to get from Union Square to Williamsburg without using the L train.
How One Subway Closure in Queens Wrecked a Community
And what it could mean for the upcoming L train shutdown.