NYC Bike Share Getting Ready To Launch In May

Nearly a year after its expected debut, New York's bicycle sharing plan is gearing up for action next month, the city Department of Transportation said.

Coming soon to a Manhattan street near you: Citi Bike.The program will begin with 293 bicycle docking stations, with the ultimate goal of 600 and 10,000 bicycles for use by the public.

Buffalo Subway Draws Major Medical Campus

Almost three decades after the first subway train rumbled beneath Main Street, Buffalo's Metro Rail system is about to assume the role that was intended and transport thousands of city residents to homes, work and play, according to the Buffalo News.

Old King Coal Loses Ground to Natural Gas In New York

As recently as 2007, the year before the national economy tanked, coal produced 15 percent of the electricity generated in New York. Since then, coal plants that figure has plummeted by a bit more than 3 percentage points, the Albany Times Union   reported.

Waterfront Future Emerges As Issue In NYC Mayoral Race

On a boat moored on Pier 40 in Lower Manhattan, mayoral candidates expressed their visions for waterfront development, expanded ferry services, and an agency to oversee the city's coastline at a forum hosted by the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, the Gotham Gazette reports.