Kate Hinds

Senior Producer, All Of it

Kate Hinds appears in the following:

TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Thursday, January 02, 2014

Two separate snowstorms are snarling travel in the Northeast. A payday lender is collecting tolls in El Paso. NYC's new mayor took the subway to his inauguration yesterday, and bumped...
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De Blasio Picks Trottenberg to be NYC Transportation Commissioner

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

WNYC

The city’s new commissioner of the Department of Transportation is Polly Trottenberg, whom Mayor-elect de Blasio called "a true and patriotic New Yorker" while announcing her appointment at a press conference on Tuesday.

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Your New Year's Eve Transportation Hacks

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Uber's New Year's "surge pricing", taxi scarcity and the subway that never comes. We've got your transportation hacks for the big night. (Staying home is a great one.)

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Your Questions Answered: How to Navigate NYC on New Year's Eve

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

WNYC

At 3pm today, the NYPD will begin opening the designated viewing areas around Times Square, where a million people are expected to gather for the celebration. Below, we answer questions about how to get around -- and what to expect. Pro tip: before you get to the standing around part, you'll probably be doing a fair amount of walking.

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

It's our last TN Links of 2013! Up ahead: a new California law will keep cars three feet away from bicyclists. There may be still more subpoenas in the Port Authority-George Washingto...
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FAA Names Drone Test Sites

Monday, December 30, 2013

After sorting through dozens of applications from 24 separate states, the Federal Aviation Administration has chosen six sites to pilot "unmanned aircraft systems" -- the government's formal term for drones.

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Monday, December 30, 2013

Two bombs targeting transit in Russia have left at least 32 people dead. Tampa Bay's bike share will roll out in April. More details are emerging in the George Washington Bridge lane ...
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Exit Interview: Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan

Friday, December 27, 2013

WNYC
The controversial outgoing commissioner of the Department of Transportation—who brought pedestrian plazas and Citibikes to NYC—says before she arrived, the city streets couldn't meet ...
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PHOTOS: The Mayor May Not Be Permanent, But the Times Square Pedestrian Plaza Is

Monday, December 23, 2013

No five-borough mayoral victory lap would be complete without talking about the transformation of Times Square, so Michael Bloomberg checked off that box by cutting the ribbon on the city's latest permanent pedestrian plaza -- with just a week left in his administration.

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Monday, December 23, 2013

BART and its unions reached a contract deal, meaning the threat of a third Bay area transit strike may be over. Bike thefts are on the rise in D.C. Airlines are squeezing even more se...
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PHOTOS: See the New 7 Train Extension—Before it Opens

Friday, December 20, 2013

In his last days in office, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is shoring up his legacy by highlighting his accomplishments. So even though the new subway station at 34th Street and 11th Avenue won't be open for several more months, it's operational enough that the outgoing mayor was able to christen it.

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Friday, December 20, 2013

New York and the feds closed on a $1.6 billion loan to build the new Tappan Zee Bridge. Elevators in Atlanta's transit system now have urine detectors. A New Orleans police officer le...
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Wait Until Next Year: City Council Tables Speed Limit Bill

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Despite earlier statements that a vote on a bill to lower the city's speed limit in some neighborhoods would happen before the end of the calendar year, the council is tabling it -- for now.

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Human Error Blamed For 911 Delay in SUV Slay of 4-Year Old

Thursday, December 19, 2013

A damning report released by the city's investigative arm blames 911 personnel -- not a computer glitch -- for a four-minute delay in dispatching an ambulance to a traffic crash scene earlier this year.

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Thursday, December 19, 2013

NYC officials are scrambling after a school bus operator declared bankruptcy. New taxes will make airline tickets about 20% more expensive next year. D.C.'s Metro may build new statio...
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MTA Passes Budget, But Lack of Pay Raises Remains Nagging Issue

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Brooklyn station agent Christine Williams put it in stark terms. "Underground where I work," she said. "There's a storm brewing -- and it's not good."

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The private tech buses plying the Bay Area highlight the region's income inequality. The Keystone XL pipeline will see some oil in January. Uber uses surge pricing -- as New Yorkers f...
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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Even an 85 MPH highway can't solve Austin's traffic tangle. New York's MTA is retrofitting train cars to add safety features. Check out a list of the world's most ambitious subway sys...
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These Are the Domain Names Purchased by the Former Christie Appointee to the Port Authority

Monday, December 16, 2013

Many of domain names disgraced official (and close friend of NJ Gov. Chris Christie) David Wildstein purchased involve New Jersey Democrats.

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Monday, December 16, 2013

New York's MTA is under increasing scrutiny following this month's Metro-North derailment. It's getting downright weird at the Port Authority of NY/NJ. This American Life looks at car...
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