Climate change is making extreme rain more common. Raised metal grates and higher curbs are helping at the Chambers Street station.
Many have higher expenses and are raising prices, but more consumers now have a taste for their relatively inexpensive meals.
The train line, honoring the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee, was overbudget and behind schedule. But it’s also shortening travel times.
New York City’s subway system is a prime, pricey example.
Many low-paid New Yorkers rely on the subway to get to and from work. Now, a daily halt to operations for four late night hours is complicating their commutes.
Andy Byford came to New York with a reputation for fixing transit in Toronto and London.
The pilot might result in riders using the same method to pay for other goods and services.
Transit advocates say the city's system perpetuates inequality.
The economic repercussions go beyond the metropolitan area.
Manhattan’s Second Avenue finally gets its subway.