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New York-area airports, including LaGuardia, Newark Liberty, and JFK International, are undergoing major transformations to modernize their terminals. LaGuardia has already completed an $8 billion renovation, resulting in a light-filled and art-filled terminal that was named the best new airport terminal in the world in 2023. JFK is currently undergoing a $19 billion revitalization, with two new terminals set to open in phases between 2026 and 2030. Newark Liberty has also undergone a $2.7 billion revamp, with plans to update Terminal B and replace the AirTrain by 2030. While the developments have been praised, some critics are calling for better public transportation options to the airports. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the blackout in New York City which hit on July 13, 1977 which gives opportunity for minority of poor African Americans and Hispanics to go on rampage setting fire and looted stores. It offers an overview of the blackout in 1965 and presents its differences. It describes the situation in various places around the city such as waiters serving their customers by candlelight, actors performing on stage under the beams of flashlights, heavy traffic and looting. It mentions the lack of electricity has inflicted lot of establishments nationwide. However, it notes that the blackout was smaller than that of 1965, wherein 9 million people lost electricity in the city compared to 25 million people in eight states and two Canadian provinces in 1965.

The article offers information on the traffic management strategies held by the New York State Dept. of Commerce. It states that the department has come up with a booklet which will help the communities to solve the traffic jam. It mentions that the booklet "Solving Parking Problems" includes several day-to-day traffic questions. It highlights that the booklet also helps in dealing with parking problems faced in parking lots.

The article discusses the threat posed by the congestion of truckers that serve the garment manufacturers in New York City to the apparel industry in the area in April 1966. As a response to the congestion, it mentions that some of the manufacturers decided to transfer their offices or plants to other locations. According to the author, manufacturers who are getting out of the city are the ones who believe that the conditions are intolerable.

The article reports on the level of traffic congestion in New York City. It points out that the speed of rush-hour traffic in the crowded areas has increased since the invention of the automobile. In response to transportation problems, the city is constructing a new north-and-south subway as well as skyscrapers in Manhattan. In addition, the principle of the detour is about to be applied on a large scale across the city.

The article discusses the possibility of removing raised urban expressway in cities of the United States. Syracuse, New York-based developer Robert Doucette and other city leaders want to reroute Interstate 81 around the city and replace the elevated road with a ground boulevard. Opinions of city planners on cost involved in the replacement and traffic congestion are presented. Prospect of removing elevated highways in New Orleans, Louisiana and Connecticut is discussed.

The article focuses on the efforts of the government to improve the public transit system in New York. It mentions that easing the intercity travel offers economic opportunity in New York City and decreases the congestion at overextended airports. It mentions that the House of Representatives has proposed significant deductions to transit and to the American Jobs bill by U.S. President Obama.

This article reports on the use of congestion pricing as a means to reduce traffic, increase roadway efficiency, improve air quality, open street space, and increase revenue for public transportation. Information is provided on the introduction of congestion pricing by economist William Vickrey in the 1990s and how his ideas have changed in 2008. The article also discusses the possible implementation of these fees in New York City, New York under a plan by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It is noted that similar plans exist in Singapore, London, England, and several Scandinavian and German cities.

The article evaluates the proposal of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to implement tolls to every delivery truck that enters the city which he says would ease traffic congestion in the business district. Entrepreneur Dominic Valente, owner of Valente Yeast, considers the plan a burden for small business owners. Valente decided to join with business owners in the Queens Chamber of Commerce to protest Bloomberg's plan. The group questions the fairness, cost and effectiveness of the plan.

The article provides information about the developments in Bronxville, New York. This progressive village is an exceptional community for store owners with supportive residents especially on holidays. Insufficient parking spaces are the major concern of the residents in the area. A store owner proposes a parking structure that would hopefully solve the dilemma of residents and shop owners alike.

The article focuses on the traffic congestion problem in New York City. New Yorkers agreed that traffic in the city is out of control and that more vehicles are circulating than ever before. In addition, pedestrians have inadequate sidewalk space, while bicyclists are squeezed on the margins. The author remarked that Bloomberg have real opportunities to take control of the streets, just like other mayors in Bogota and London. These can be done by giving the Department of Transportation new goals based on the movement of all passengers and not on vehicles, establishing two simple parking reforms to eliminate unnecessary traffic, making more bus improvements, providing more crossing time and calm traffic, and implementing and updating the Bike Master Plan.

Focuses on steps taken by the British government to reduce traffic congestion in London, England. Area created around the city; How cars driving within the area are fined; Efforts to reduce traffic in major U.S. cities including New York City; Statistics regarding the increased number of cars in Manhattan between 1946 and 2003.

The plans of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to close parts of Broadway Avenue in order to reduce traffic congestion in parts of Manhattan, New York City are discussed. The article discusses the concept of closing roads to reduce congestion, the causes of traffic jams, and plans already in place to reduce congestion in San Francisco, California and London, England. The author states that Bloomberg is becoming increasingly influenced by environmental advocates.

Discusses current events in the United States as of July 2000. Details on the custody case of Cuban refugee boy Elian Gonzalez; Traffic jam in New York City, New York; Cases of false rape charges among women.

The article presents statistics on the estimated value of the amount of time spent in Manhattan, New York City traffic, the number of minutes it takes to drive from Denver, Colorado to the Vail, Colorado ski resort area on the weekend, and the average speed increase of London, England driving following congestion pricing's start in 2003.

The article describes New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan, which includes a daytime tax on vehicles traveling through Manhattan, in order to reduce vehicle traffic, improve air quality and improve commerce. Modeled on a London, England plan, vehicles will be tracked via license plate scanning and EZ Pass toll collectors. New York officials are exploring fair implementation plans and stand to receive federal funds if the plan succeeds.

The article discusses the author's views and experiences during the Feast of San Gennaro in New York City. This particular event is a feast celebrated by Italian Americans. He finds the traffic congestion brought about by feasts particularly irritating and the gambling does not attract him. However, he still prefers to go to the celebration because of his fondness for sausage sandwiches.

Focuses on the problems brought about by the overpopulation of residents in Long Island, New York City. Automobile traffic congestion; Vandalism and thievery; Violation of state park systems in the area.

The article contradicts the notion that traffic lights affect the traffic flow in New York City. Traffic lights have lessened congestion wherever they have been applied in the city. The traffic lights in the city are automatically operated which reduced labor cost to $3 per light signal. The placement of traffic signals is usually done after a survey of the scene by the officials of the police department.

The article features Colonel Sidney H. Bingham's prescription for solving traffic congestion in the U.S. in 1950. Bingham, chairman of New York City's Board of Transportation, believes that it is possible to have a city without having a traffic jam. The colonel's idea maybe summarized by an imaginary city called Binghamtown. Theodore Caplow, a PhD from the University of Minnesota, believes that the crisis of transportation threatens the entire scheme of urban living.

Suggests that New York City is the most costly city in all ways in which to live and to do business and the most inconvenient in terms of traffic congestion. Cost and standard of living in the city; Significant implications of the introduction of the city sales and use tax in 1934 as a depression emergency measure; Success of New York City among other cities in the U.S.

The article comments on the state of public and metropolitan traffic in New York City as of April 1955. Urban surface transportation is becoming congested and the cost of delivering anything to anyone is increasing. Recommendations for easing the congestion of traffic in Times square include the implementation of highway development projects.

This article discusses the problem of vehicular traffic congestion in New York City. It addresses the need for the municipality in the area to halt the competition among builders of sky scrapers and improve its management of railroads. It also looks at the possibility of preventing such congestion through a construction of a six-lane deck to the George Washington Bridge and viaducts that provide excellent material aerial photography.

Focuses on the music festival held in Woodstock, New York. Rumor that U.S. folk rock singer Bob Dylan might show up at the event; Traffic congestion in the roads leading to the concert site; Description of the performances of the featured artists including Richie Havens; Information on accidents and injuries sustained by the spectators during the festival.

The article reports on the failure of congestion pricing plans proposed by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in 2007. The congestion pricing proposal was rejected by state legislators in July 2007, causing the city to miss a deadline to apply for federal funding, as much as $354 million, if the plan is enacted. According to Wiley Norvell, the communications director for the nonprofit group Transportation Alternatives, the reasons for congestion pricing plans' failure were the politics of Albany, and not the plans' merit and flaws.

The article presents information on five reasons, which suggests that it is time for New York City (NYC) to wake up from the traffic accident nightmare. Street traffic has reached a state of congestion and danger that now holds national attention. New York is now falling behind other big cities that have woken up from their traffic nightmares. Now, after much dawdling and many false starts, there are strong signs that the time is here for the Mayor of New York to implement a new generation of proven traffic relief solutions. New York City's abundant supply of free, cheap and municipal employee abused on-street parking both generates many car trips and more care miles travel as drivers search for that elusive free or discounted space. NYC's leading business groups, who are seeing heavy traffic affect their bottom lines, are also now calling on City Hall to reduce traffic rather than accommodate it. There are more pedestrians and bicyclists filling the streets of New York than ever before.

Reports on traffic congestion problems in Southampton and East Hampton in Long Island, New York. Opposition of local residents to new highway construction; Inadequacy of road configuration in Southampton; Provision of intermodal transportation alternatives; Realignment of traffic signalization.

This article reports on William Whyte and his views about the pedestrian life in Tokyo and New York. Whyte has spent the last ten years observing the ways in which people use space in inner cities. He said that when he made his first trip to Japan, he did not originally think he would find the same amount and kind of congestion in Tokyo as in New York.

The article reports on the move by the city government of New York to begin altering the appearance of streets at anticipated congestion points.

The article focuses on improving rail fluidity at the port of New York and New Jersey to prevent congestion during an increase in cargo volumes. It is noted that a committee of the Council on Port Performance is evaluating the need for longer trains and wider space to store empty cars. According to Port officials, the objective is to have 20 percent of port volume carried by rail.

The article explains why the city of New York has been unable to manage surface-level transportation, as of October 2018. Topics include New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's effort to enact congestion pricing, the Stipulated Fine Program run by the Department of Finance and the dependence of traffic and parking enforcement on the Police Department.

The article reports on a type of congestion pricing also known as cordon pricing proposed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. If the New York plan had been approved, the city would have charged most car drivers $8 and truck drivers $21 to drive into the city's downtown at certain times of the day. Many lawmakers from New York's outer boroughs and suburbs opposed Bloomberg's proposal, saying it unfairly targeted commuters, who make up most of their constituency.

A photograph is presented which features traffic congestion in New York's Garment District.

The article reports on the proposals of Author-Sociologist Paul Goodman and his brother, Architect Percival Goodman to permanently banned all cars except public vehicles, essential services, and light trucking in Manhattan, New York City. It also includes the reconstruction of the island's gridiron into shopping, recreation, and business areas which will resolve traffic congestion. The brothers also suggest to route nonessential traffic to multipurpose piers and elevated expressways.

The article reports the issues faced by several newspapers in New York City in 1965. It says that six out of eight general circulation daily newspapers being published in the city were struggling to gain profit due to their inability to beat the traffic congestion to reach the suburbs since they were published in the afternoon. Moreover, it states that the newspapers were threatened of a labor strike in September by the members of the Newspaper Guild.

The article focuses on the positive aspects of taxi drivers' strike in New York City. It reports that the strike offered a chance of walking to the city residents and the traffic congestion along with pollution decreased significantly during the strike. Also discussed is the improvement seen in people's civil behavior during the strike.