Cities Want to Return to Prepandemic Life. One Obstacle: Transit Crime. Crime rates on trains and buses are up in some of the nation’s biggest cities, one more barrier for downtowns trying to rebound.
N.Y.C.’s New Subway Chief Comes From Boston and Doesn’t Own a Car Richard A. Davey, a former Massachusetts transportation secretary, will be the first permanent president of New York City Transit since the start of the pandemic.