commuters and commuting

Streaming video in China offers a potentially lucrative revenue stream, but China is maintaining tight control over who’s allowed to compete.

The number of people commuting into Manhattan from outside Manhattan rose significantly from 2002 to 2010, especially in nearby neighborhoods in Brooklyn and New Jersey.

The FASTRACK program, in which subway workers clean trash from tracks and do other rehab while lines are closed on four consecutive weeknights, will expand in 2013.

Greyhound is very close to obtaining approval to operate a new bus service to Philadelphia from Chinatown, according to news reports.

The Riders Alliance, a new organization made up of subway and bus riders in New York, is formally launching on Nov. 19.

New York has the largest gap between city and suburban workers’ transportation access to jobs, according to a nationwide study of 100 of the largest metropolitan areas.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will be closing down the A, C, and E trains on the Eighth Avenue subway line, closing stations on 59th St.-Columbus Circle to Jay St.-MetroTech and the World Trade Center corridor in both directions.

Staten Island residents could receive large toll decreases if a plan proposed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is approved by the board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Speeding up commutes between boroughs and inside boroughs themselves has been the subject of multiple reports, and a concern for millions of New Yorkers.

MTA officials fielded questions and concerns from council members on Wednesday prior to budget appropriations.

Manhattan’s population increases by 1.6 million on an average workday—by far the largest commuter population in the nation.

Workers are increasingly taking advantage of technology to conduct work anywhere but the office— whether it be preparing a report on a plane or attending a videoconference from home.

A pretax commuter benefit set to expire on Dec. 31 currently affords commuters $1,000 a year in savings.