David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Queens Bus Network Redesign Now Comes to a Conclusion
The long-awaited Queens Bus Network Redesign culminates with a virtual meeting next week, showcasing improvements for Roosevelt Island and enhancing public transportation accessibility.
Q102 Bus saved “due to public feedback…” with new routing
Despite initial fears, community advocacy successfully influenced the MTA to redesign the Q102 bus route, ensuring vital service continuity for Roosevelt Islanders. Exciting changes await!
One day soon, a Q102 bus will make a right off Main Street and never return…
The Proposed Final Plan for an MTA Queens Bus Redesign wipes the Q102 off the map completely, replacing it with a combination of other routes. Along Main Street on Roosevelt Island, changes are small, but once off the Island, they’re…
Could New York City Buses Become Free for All?
As other cities experiment with fare-free transit, some MTA board members are calling on elected officials to come up with new funding sources that would allow the financially strapped agency to let New Yorkers ride buses for free. Jose Martinez,…
Queens Bus Redesign: Roosevelt Island Isolated and Ignored
Quietly, the Queens Bus Redesign project moved forward as the pandemic eased and left Roosevelt Island underserved and virtually forgotten in the process. The community’s lack of Queens political representation left it without a strong voice. Sadly, not one of…
Queens Bus Redesign Meeting Set
A Queens Bus Redesign Meeting is set for February 4th in Long Island City, the closest so far for Roosevelt Island. Showing up and speaking up matters. Be there.
MTA Bus Plan Fight Rallies
An MTA bus plan fight rallied quickly on Roosevelt Island in the last several days. Efforts rose from multiple directions as news about killing Q102 service spread. Reporting by David Stone A few years back, the MTA severely limited Q102…
Can RIOC Save The Q102?
Can RIOC save the Q102? That question rose fast after yesterday’s Transportation meeting at the Senior Center. And RIOC acted nearly as quickly. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News The MTA’s plan to uproot Q102 bus service to…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor