Patrick Gallahue
The Archive
NEW 'OLD' BUS IS ON DECK
May 23, 2008 | 7:49amThe city's bus fleet could be headed back to the future. New York City Transit is mulling a test program to run double-decker buses in Manhattan, possibly before the end...
BRITISH UPPER 'CLA$$' AT JFK
May 22, 2008 | 7:41amBritish Airways unveiled its planned $30 million digs for first- and business-class customers who pay top dollar to fly out of Kennedy Airport. "No other airline at JFK will come...
BACK ON TRACK
May 20, 2008 | 7:29amThe billion-dollar deal to develop the MTA's West Side rail yards is on the agenda again - only now with a new developer. PHOTO GALLERY: MTA West Side Rail Yards...
SOME RAIL TALENT
May 16, 2008 | 8:39amBuskers are laying down some new tracks in the subway. The MTA yesterday announced the winning 23 musicians in its "subway idol" competition, awarding selected acts with the most coveted...
PARKING-TIX INTERNET FIX
May 13, 2008 | 7:21amNew York's one-man parking-ticket nemesis is launching a new weapon today to help drivers battle the meter maid. Glen Bolofsky - the founder of parkingticket.com, a company that fights parking...
MTA'S CELL-ING POINT
May 13, 2008 | 7:21amThe MTA is offering $25 - the price of a weekly MetroCard - to cellphone-using straphangers who fill out a survey about their riding patterns. That bonus is on top...
A FERRY ROUGH START
May 13, 2008 | 7:21amAn inaugural run for a ferry service linking Brooklyn, Queens and lower Manhattan got off to a rough start with yesterday's rain and wicked winds. Still, 51 riders took the...
THERE'S HAIL TO PAY
May 9, 2008 | 8:53amThe city is launching a major offensive against limos and livery cabs that illegally pick up fares. The Taxi and Limousine Commission is marshaling its forces for the pending crackdown...
NOT EASY BEING GREEN
May 9, 2008 | 8:53amThe city's push to go green could take yellow cabs off the road, taxi-fleet owners fear. The mandatory minimum of 25 miles per gallon that the Taxi and Limousine Commission...
SUBWAYS' BLOOD-BUG INVASION
May 8, 2008 | 7:17amDon't let the bedbugs swipe! The blood-sucking insects aren't just living with New Yorkers at home - they're on the subways, too, according to one of the city's leading bedbug...
POLITENESS IS IN THE AIR
May 7, 2008 | 9:09amWorkers at the region's airports are receiving "be nice" training to help them deal with delay-crazed travelers. "When we employ these skills we can take control of a situation and...
PRAI$ING THE BAR
May 6, 2008 | 7:26amRevenue-generating ads in bar cars are the toast of Metro-North. The railroad started lining the interiors of the "cafe cars" on its New Haven line with advertisements over the weekend,...
YELLOW GOLD: CAB AUCTION A $$ RECORD
May 3, 2008 | 7:10amThe sagging economy didn't stop bidders from breaking records for taxi medallions yesterday. An auction bid yesterday of $1.31 million snared a pair of medallions for wheelchair-accessible cabs and a...
SHOT AT TRANSIT GLORY
May 2, 2008 | 8:16amThe search is on for the subway's best undiscovered talent. Fifty-five musicians performed their hearts out yesterday in an audition for "Subway Idol" - an MTA-hosted contest to earn a...
MANHOLE FIRE SNARLS PATH
May 1, 2008 | 7:49amA West Village manhole fire downed PATH train service last night between 33rd Street, Journal Square and Hoboken, the Port Authority said. The 33rd Street, 23rd Street, 14th Street, 9th...
BIG $$ RIDIN' ON IT
May 1, 2008 | 7:49amThe MTA is giving riders hundreds of dollars for their two cents. The agency will spend $2 million to survey riders on their transit experience and will pay a select...
EXTERIOR TRAIN ADS ON TRACK
April 30, 2008 | 7:50amNew York City Transit has started putting ads on the exterior of subway cars. The 42nd Street Shuttle - which is already the system's test line for ad media -...
PA HONCHO IS BLUE-CROSS
April 25, 2008 | 8:19amThe head of the Port Authority yesterday slammed the outrageous trashing of confidential Freedom Tower blueprints. "There is a construction protocol as to how you get rid of blueprints and...
RAILROAD BREWS BLUE$
April 22, 2008 | 6:37amHere's a fare hike that'll have 'em crying in their beer. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's commuter railroads are looking to raise the price of beverages and snacks sold on platforms...
CONGE$TION SCHEME IN THE SHOP
April 19, 2008 | 7:07amCongestion pricing could be gearing up for another run. The chairman of the commission that supported Mayor Bloomberg's push to charge drivers $8 to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street...