Caroline Spivack

Reporter at Crain's New York Business

Reporter covering transportation/climate change at @CrainsNewYork | 📩 [email protected] | @Columbiajourn alum

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Articles

New York City's crackdown on e-bikes won’t be easy to enforce

2 weeks ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

Mayor Eric Adams is escalating his administration’s battle against unruly electric bike and scooter riders with a proposal to limit their speeds to 15 mph — down from the 25 mph for most vehicles on city streets. But the policy change comes with a slew of regulatory and logistical hurdles that make it a challenge to put the seemingly straightforward rule into motion.
New York unveils $8.9M restoration of Grand Army Plaza arch

3 weeks ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

Caroline Spivack The Grand Army Plaza arch finally got its $8.9 million facelift. The city’s parks department on Thursday unveiled a $8.9 million restoration of the famed arch at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza that’s been in the works for seven years — the first major rehabilitation of the Civil War monument in nearly 50 years.
Judge tosses lawsuit against 96th Street bus lanes

3 weeks ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

The city has notched a win in its battle to roll out more bus lanes: A New York state judge on Tuesday tossed a lawsuit that sought to undo a redesign of a stretch of 96th Street intended to speed up crosstown bus rides for more than 15,000 daily weekday commuters.
Upgrades coming for subway cell service after years of waiting

3 weeks ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

Subway tunnels are one of the few places in New York City where cell service at times is out of reach. Straphangers are a long way off from the MTA’s 2032 goal of cell connectivity in all tunnels, but as soon as this fall, riders can expect more service in swaths of the system.
JetBlue and United just stuck a deal. Here’s what it means for New York fliers

4 weeks ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

A new partnership between United Airlines and Queens-based JetBlue is set to allow travelers to use their loyalty points and book flights across the two carriers. But the pact, dubbed Sky Blue by the airlines, will require some coordination and approval from federal regulators before travelers can reap the full benefits of the new relationship. Here’s what the deal means for frequent fliers and when they’ll likely be able to take advantage of the new perks.
Port Authority bus terminal breaks ground on $10B revamp

4 weeks ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

After years of stops and starts, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Wednesday put shovels in the ground on a $10-billion project to transform Midtown's notoriously run-down bus terminal into a spacious, modern travel hub. The project will reimagine the 41st Street facility between Eighth and 10th avenues with gleaming new structures that will expand the bus terminal’s capacity, add ground-floor retail and a new park on Dyer Avenue.
Judge reprimands feds for ‘game of chicken’ in new order on congestion pricing

4 weeks ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

A federal judge late Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from shutting down congestion pricing or retaliating against New York transit projects before the toll’s fate is decided in court. A 109-page decision by Judge Lewis Liman of the Southern District of New York extends a Tuesday order that protects the MTA and New York from punitive action by the federal government from at least June 9 until the lawsuit is resolved.
New York natural gas pipeline revived in apparent Trump-Hochul deal

4 weeks ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

The developer behind two long-dead natural gas pipeline projects to New York is preparing to file plans with the federal government to revive the projects, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Oklahoma-based pipeline company Williams wants to take another shot at building a pair of controversial pipelines, the Constitution and Northeast Supply Enhancement projects, that would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania into New York.
MTA greenlights $68B plan to modernize mass transit

1 month ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

The MTA board on Wednesday approved an ambitious $68 billion plan to keep the region’s mass transit from falling into disrepair — enabling transit officials to carry out roughly $15 billion in projects per year to improve the subway, buses and commuter rail over the next five years. The capital plan, which funds projects getting underway between 2025 and 2029, primarily invests in efforts to keep the city’s 120-year-old subway and its bus network functioning.
MTA moves to acquire 18 Bronx, Westchester properties for Metro-North expansion

1 month ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

The MTA is laying the groundwork to use eminent domain to acquire 18 properties in the Bronx and Westchester that are key to clearing the way for a $3 billion extension of the Metro-North Railroad to Penn Station.