Transit Systems – Page 6

How to Plan Around Strikes in Europe

Across Europe, workers have been walking out over pay disputes and labor conditions, and the turmoil will extend into the summer travel season. But they don’t have to disrupt your trip.

By Ceylan Yeginsu

Buses Byford, Andrew London (England) Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City New York City Transit Authority Railroads Subways Sydney (Australia) Toronto (Ontario) Transit Systems

‘Train Daddy’ Andy Byford to Join Amtrak

Mr. Byford, whom transit riders nicknamed “Train Daddy” and credited with improving an antiquated system, will run Amtrak’s new high-speed rail development program.

By Remy Tumin

Bay Area Rapid Transit California Computers and the Internet East Bay (San Francisco, Calif) East Palo Alto (Calif) Facebook Inc Infrastructure (Public Works) internal-sub-only Menlo Park (Calif) Meta Platforms Inc Railroads Social Media Transit Systems

Facebook’s Bridge to Nowhere

The tech giant had already remade the virtual world. For a brief period, it also tried to make it easier for people in the Bay Area to get to work. Then it gave up.

By Issie Lapowsky

Brooklyn, NY, Subway Shooting (April 12, 2022) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Culture (Arts) Metropolitan Transportation Authority MTA Arts & Design Music Street Performers Subways Times Square and 42nd Street (Manhattan, NY) Transit Systems

Gauging Our Return to Office and the Subways, One Tip at a Time

It has been over a year since buskers, and their music, returned underground, and their slightly fuller tip jars and instrument cases suggest things may be looking up.

By Kalia Richardson

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