Oct. 16, 2017: The Day in Transit

Dispatches from rails, bikes, subway stations and school buses.

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Riding the Rails with Stevie Hertz — Today’s Subway News (0:18–1:40)

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The day’s events on the rails, including signal failures, train shutdowns and significant delays.

Biking to School with Lisette Arévalo (2:08–5:04)

In New York City, 778,000 people commute on bicycles daily. But for Clementine Climent, a mother of two, biking to school with her kids is more than just a way of getting from point A to point B. Lisette Arevalo joined their commute to learn more.

When School Buses Run Late with Hannah Jiang (5:30–8:04)

Over 600,000 students in New York City take yellow buses to school. Their parents, who drop them off and pick them up at neighborhood bus stops, don’t know where buses are if they run late and can’t communicate directly with drivers. Hannah Jiang has more from the West End between 70th and 79th Streets.

Stranded by the Stairs with Gabby Landsverk (8:25–11:34)

Only 23% of New York City’s 472 subway stations are accessible to people with disabilities. Today, around 20 disability rights advocates gathered at the Parkchester subway station in the Bronx to protest lack of elevator access. Gabby Landsverk reports.

Music in this show included segments from Blue Dot Sessions (Free Music Archive), Loco-Motion (Little Eva), Bicycle Race (Queen) and Baby Love (Supremes)