‘MetroFocus: Transforming Transportation’ Full Episode
July 25, 2012 9:00 PM
“MetroFocus: Transforming Transportation” premieres on July 24 at 10:30 p.m. on WLIW21; July 25 10:30 p.m. on NJTV; and July 26 at 8:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN.
MetroFocus “Transforming Transportation” explores the diverse ways New Yorkers get around the metropolitan area and the large-scale projects that will improve our overburdened transit systems. Show highlights include a report on the East Side Access project that will connect Long Island commuters directly to Grand Central Terminal, new GPS tracking systems for the MTA’s city buses, an interview with legendary transit columnist “Gridlock Sam,” a visit to a Brooklyn neighborhood where a group of seniors is making the streets safer for walking, and a look at the world of the ultra-marathon runners training on New York City streets.
This MTA project aims to increase rail capacity from Long Island into Manhattan by nearly 50 percent, and save East Side-bound travelers 30 to 40 minutes a day.
You can now get real-time details on when your bus will arrive by checking a cell phone or a website. OpenPlans helps the MTA make BusTime data available to software developers and the public.
Neighborhood groups are working with the Department of Transportation to make streets safer. See interactive map of dangerous intersections and pedestrian fatalities.
Following in the footsteps of ultramarathoners, two filmmakers explain how they captured the days and nights of runners on city streets and race routes.
Wow! I guess Gridlock Sam really deserves the name; charging cyclists to enter Manhattan must be the silliest idea to improve the traffic problems. If what you want is making money, what about enforcing the bike lane rules, so there are no cars, delivery trucks, even police cars parked in or invading them.
Now, that would be a gold mine.
MetroFocus is made possible by James and Merryl Tisch, the Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Josh and Judy Weston, Jody and John Arnhold, The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, Jean and Ralph Baruch, and The Nissan Foundation. Corporate funding is provided by Mutual of America.
