Kate Hinds

Senior Producer, All Of it

Kate Hinds appears in the following:

Spotted: New G Train Signage

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

WNYC

Remember when the MTA said it would try to make the stubby G train less annoying? While the frequency of trains won't increase until 2014, the signs helping riders figure out where to stand on platforms are going into stations now.

Because the G is only four cars ...

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MTA's Financial Future Better -- But Fare Hikes Still Coming

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

The deficits looming at New York's MTA won't be quite as high as projections from a few months ago -- but the nation's largest transit agency says biannual fare hikes are still necessary. Translation: riders will pay more for a MetroCard in both 2015 and 2017.

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

For a few short hours, Chicago claimed the title of 'world's busiest bike share program.' Meanwhile, New York's bike share accidentally exposed sensitive credit card information. A Ho...
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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Monday, July 22, 2013

New York's transit agency is planning for a subway future of tech-savvy, rush-hour eschewing commuters. San Francisco wants to rein in Silicon Valley's private shuttle buses. Politica...
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MTA Restoring Service on Some Lines

Monday, July 22, 2013

WNYC
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says for the second year in a row, it's able to restore some service it slashed in 2010.
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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo Links from Around the Web

Monday, July 22, 2013

NY's MTA will talk about its 2014 budget -- and selling station naming rights -- today. Shock absorbers on the Bay Bridge are leaking lubricant. States are raising speed limits. D.C. ...
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NYC Kills Fast Bus to LGA

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

(UPDATED) Less than a year ago, New York officials vowed to bring fast buses to an infamously slow route route to LaGuardia Airport. But after push back from elected officials and community boards, the MTA says it's now formally killing the project.

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Port Authority Must Open Its Budget Process: Report

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

UPDATED: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey -- a bi-state agency that controls the region's airports and Hudson River crossings, not to mention the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site -- needs to overhaul its budgeting process, says a fiscal watchdog group.

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

The governor of Massachusetts is standing firm on his transportation funding bill veto threat. Meanwhile, New York's governor is riding shotgun with state troopers to catch distracted...
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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Monday, July 15, 2013

NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg's foundation is spreading the gospel of traffic safety to the rest of the world. SEPTA may expand rail service to King of Prussia. Ghana will name all of its ...
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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Friday, July 12, 2013

Canada's train disaster is energizing pipeline advocates. Massachusetts is heading for a transportation funding showdown. Pedestrian and cyclist deaths are at a record pace in Austin....
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Claudette Colvin, a Hero of the Civil Rights Movement

Thursday, July 11, 2013

In March of 1955, Montgomery resident Claudette Colvin became the first person arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person -- nine months before Rosa Parks. But her role in desegregating transit -- while not as well known -- can't be understated.

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NJ Transit Better At Balancing Its Books Than Keeping Bathrooms Clean

Thursday, July 11, 2013

New Jersey Transit's 2014 budget holds fares steady and doesn't cut service.

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Explainer: Perfluorocarbons, the Gas Released In NYC's Subway Airflow Test

Thursday, July 11, 2013

WNYC
When researchers released a tracer gas containing a chemical called perfluorocarbon into New York's subway on Tuesday, it didn't take long for people to wonder if that so-called nonto...
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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Just days after the Asiana crash, the FAA is dramatically increasing the number of flight hours required for commercial pilots. The death toll in Quebec's rail disaster is now 50. Bik...
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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

More cities are waiving parking mandates for developers. A Metro train went down the wrong track -- again. The NYPD issued more tickets for riding a bike on a sidewalk than for speedi...
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Amtrak : We Just Had Our Best June Ever

Tuesday, July 09, 2013

Amtrak says 2013 was the agency's best June on record -- and its second-best month ever. But the railroad continues to be a politically charged topic in Congress.

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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Tuesday, July 09, 2013

Taxi driver homicide rates are three times lower in cities that use security cameras. A thunderstorm forced the shutdown of Toronto's entire subway system. China is helping African na...
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NYPD to Spew (Non-Toxic) Gas in Subway System

Tuesday, July 09, 2013

WNYC
The NYPD and researchers from Brookhaven National Laboratories will release a harmless gas through 21 subway lines as part of a plan to monitor air flows and chart potential responses...
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TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

Monday, July 08, 2013

The pilot of the crashed Asiana jet was "in training" to fly a Boeing 777. A runaway train full of oil derailed and exploded in Quebec. Boston has a bike parking shortage. India has a...
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