Sources
Sources for Environmental Sustainability
Link for comparison between diesel/natural gas and hybrid buses:
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/02/nyc_hybrid_buse.html
Link for new turbine buses:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/designline-turbine-hybrid-buses-take-off-in-nyc-could-multiply/
Link for hybrid bus efficiency:
http://www.hybridcenter.org/hybrid-transit-buses.html
Link for MTA Environmental Progress
http://www.mta.info/nyct/facts/ffenvironment.htm
Link for MTA Sustainability Reports
http://www.mta.info/sustainability/index.html?c=reports
Sources for MTA Information
Link to many, many links, from the “Resources for Teachers” page at the Transit Museum’s website:
http://www.transitmuseumeducation.org/trc/curriculum/teachers#web
Link for NYCDOT’s Sustainable Streets Project
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/stratplan.shtml
Link to 2009 progress report for this plan
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/ss09_update_lowres.pdf
The new transit hikes are viewed as punishing MTA commuters while rewarding drivers.
Link to Article:
http://alttransport.com/2010/10/new-yorks-m-t-a-approves-transit-fare-hike-drivers-are-rewarded/
Links to NY Times articles:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/m-t-a-meets-to-increase-transit-fares/?hp — fare hike to raise prices of metrocards
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/nyregion/05nyc.html?_r=1 — column on ideas to improve the subway
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/how-would-you-improve-the-subway/ — commuters give opinions on what would make the subway more bearable
Sources for Red Hook Facts
http://www.nycfuture.org/content/articles/article_view.cfm?article_id=1055&article_type=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/10/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-red-hook-isolated-brooklyn-area-starts-to-awaken.html?pagewanted=3
http://brooklyncb6.org/neighborhoods/?a=detail&content_id=60
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/31/32_32_mm_b61_bus_gets_split.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBrooklynPaper-Headlines+%28The+Brooklyn+Paper%3A+Headlines%29
http://www.timesnewsweekly.com/news/2010-01-07/Local_News/B61_Bus_Route_Split_In_Half.html
http://www.factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=11231&_cityTown=11231&_state=&_zip=11231&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/item_CaKbkSYuUrGdHBpeAbIpsJ;jsessionid=AF1993EEE31CF067081147778222C012
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/06/12/2009-06-12_by_pete_donohue.html
http://www.city-data.com/zips/11231.html
http://aviewfromthehook.blogspot.com/2009/11/brooklyn-papers-30-year-anniversary-red.html
http://gothamist.com/2004/10/06/red_hook_gets_swede_ikea_plan_approved.php
http://destinationredhook.wordpress.com/page/2/
http://reportingredhook.wordpress.com/2007/09/10/red-hook-on-google-earth-2/
Sources for Economic Sustainability Facts
Evans, Howie. New York Amsterdam News, 12/17/2009, Vol. 100 Issue 51, p44-44, 1/4p
Donahue, Pete, and Andrew Philips. “MTA Approves Subway, Bus and CommuterTrain Fare Hikes for Third Time Since 2008.” NY Daily News 7 Oct 2010: n. pag. Web. 29 Oct 2010.
Feinman, Mark. “The New York City Transit Authority in the 1980s.” NYC Subway. N.p., 2005. Web. 1 Nov 2010. <http://www.nycsubway.org/articles/history-nycta1980s.html>.
“Student MetroCards.” NYC Department of Education. NYC Department of Education, 2010. Web. 1 Nov 2010.
Grynbaum, Michael. “Seeing Politics in Plan to Cut Student Transit Aid .” New York Times 16 Dec. 2009: A36. Web. 1 Nov 2010.
The MTA Network.” Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 10 Feb 2010. Web. 3 Nov 2010.
Gelinas, Nicole. “Get Smart With Labor.” New York Times 17 Dec 2009: n. pag. Web. 3 Nov 2010.
The New York Times, . “Judge Denies M.T.A. Bid to Set Aside Raises .” New York Times 09 Dec. 2009: n. pag. Web. 3 Nov 2010.
Haddon, Heather. “MTA cuts back on bus runs to save cash.” AM New York 25 Mar. 2010. Web. 3 Nov 2010.
Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the Period Ended June 30, 2010
Mooney, Jake. “Progress Derailed: The Cause & Effect Of NYC’s Transit Funding Crisis .” City Limits 09 Aug 2010. Web. 3 Nov 2010.
Donohue, Pete. “City Seeking Claim on Freed-Up Tunnel Cash.” The Daily News. 29 Oct 2010: pg 14.
