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The 36 NYC subway stations where Wi-Fi and cell service are now available
Two girls sit on the platform to wait for the subway in Manhattan. Santos Gonzalez / Flickr New Yorkers are able to make phone calls, send texts, receive emails, and access Wi-Fi underground at 30...
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Uber is first e-hail app to be approved in NYC’s yearlong pilot program
New York City’s pilot program for e-hail apps officially starts today and Uber is the first provider to be approved, confirms Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David Yassky. The one-year pilot program...
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‘Cake Boss’ bakery sets up shop on the new Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship
Cups from Cake Boss's Carlos' Bake Shop in Hoboken, New Jersey. Justin N / Flickr Cake Boss star Buddy Valastro can now lay claim to bakeries on both land and sea. An extension of the celebrity baker’s...
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Hailo launched its taxi e-hail app in New York without the city’s approval
A taxi cuts through the rain in New York City. Baptiste Pons / Flickr Update: Hailo has been approved. Read story here. Hailo prematurely launched its e-hail app service this weekend in New York City...
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Empire State Building group’s IPO cleared by judge
Photo by Rafat Ali A legal challenge to an ambitious plan to let the public buy shares in one of New York City’s most famous landmarks — the Empire State Building — was cast aside on Tuesday in a...
View ArticleHailo gets the green light to participate in NYC’s e-hail pilot program
During a panel discussion at Disrupt called “Urban Transportation,” the CEO and co-founder of Hailo, Jay Bregman, announced that the on-demand taxi service has gotten the go-ahead to operate in the New...
View ArticleNew York City pulls sting on two SideCar drivers, impounds one car
Ridesharing apps like SideCar and Lyft match drivers who have an extra spot in the car with passengers who need a lift. It’s like hitchhiking, except that the passenger has the option of tipping via...
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New York City’s bike share program weight limits cause some residents concern
Three bicycles in New York City's Citibike share program. Planetgordon.com / Flickr New York City’s upcoming public bike share program, Citibike, has already irked parking space seekers, food cart...
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Five best travel ads this week: Awesome, awkward, and award-winning
AirBaltic's ad to promote it's new "Burn the Miles" loyalty points bonus plan. / Vimeo This week’s SkiftAds focus on the importance of the digital experience in travel today. Travel brands like...
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The nation’s largest bike share is finally starting in New York City
New York City, with its constant hum of subways, buses, cabs and ferries, has long had one glaring exception to its many transportation options: bicycles for the masses. But bike sharing is finally...
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9/11 museum to charge mandatory admission fee
In this Dec. 16, 2004 artist rendering released by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the Memorial Hall looking at the South Footprint is shown. AP Photo / Lower Manhattan Development Corp....
View ArticleDelta brings its new JFK terminal to a sidewalk in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood
Delta will unveil extensive renovations to Terminal 4 at New York-JFK on May 24, and it’s opened a pop-up space in SoHo to show off design elements and tech features. Visitors, whether there on purpose...
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The new World Trade Center transit hub is finally taking shape
With the blast of an airhorn, ironworkers on Monday began bolting into place the first of 610 steel pieces of the soaring wing-like arches of the World Trade Center’s new transportation hub. Not due to...
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Best travel ads this week: German perfectionism to quirky explorations
Expedia Australia's Wes Anderson-inspired campaign. / Expedia.com.au This week Lufthansa pokes fun at Germans, Expedia takes viewers around the world with a Wes Anderson-inspired tour, a Baltic cruise...
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New York’s Penn Station is still a mess, and it will likely stay that way
The busiest passenger train station in the United States is a 1960s-era, utilitarian labyrinth in the basement of a basketball arena. Pennsylvania Station, a gateway to the nation’s biggest city, was...
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Do Hailo and Uber taxi e-hail apps defy a NYC judge’s orders? Nobody knows
A woman rushes to catch her cab in New York City. David Thompson / Flickr New York City’s much-anticipated e-hail app program was cut short by a temporary restraining order (TRO) just days after...
View ArticleAirbnb host will have to pay $2,400 fine from New York City
Nigel Warren, the New York tenant who ended up in trouble with the city after renting his room out on Airbnb, just got some bad news. A judge on the city’s Environmental Control Board (ECB), which...
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Is Airbnb illegal in New York? Definitely not, but many of its hosts break...
If this apartment is rented for less than 30 days it is illegal. / Airbnb Yesterday a New York City judge ruled that Nigel Warren, a tenant in who rented his apartment to a user on Airbnb would have to...
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Bronx succeeds in stopping ‘ghetto’ tours, kick-starts branding initiative
A young man runs under an elevated section of subway tracks in The Bronx borough of New York, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Richard Drew / AP Photo A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that...
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Delta’s $1.4 billion JFK terminal opens, sparking fight for business travelers
Delta Air Lines Inc. sharpened the jockeying for the highest-paying passengers in New York, the biggest U.S. aviation market, as it opened a $1.4 billion international terminal at John F. Kennedy...
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