Dave Colon
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DOT Nixes Fordham Road Busway Due To ‘Community Concerns’
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Fordham Road won't be getting a proposed busway after the Department of Transportation bowed to "community concerns" and opted for the potential changes to the corridor with the least benefit for bus riders.
Bronx Business Leaders and Local Institutions Want to Halt Bus Fixes on Fordham Rd
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Well-connected Bronx businesses don't want Mayor Adams to improve bus service.
MTA May Finally Kill Off Atlantic Ticket’s Free Subway and Bus Transfer
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The discount fare that offers $5 commuter rail trips and a free subway or bus transfer for riders going between Atlantic Terminal and LIRR stations in southeast Queens and Brooklyn could be on the way out, a top transit official said this week.
Cycling Advocates To DOT: Great Bedford Avenue Bike Lane Plan, Here’s How To Make It Better
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Cycling advocates in Brooklyn gave the Department of Transportation high marks for its proposed protected bike lane upgrade on Bedford Avenue, but said there's a couple of tweaks that can turn it from good to great.
Straw Men: The Fight Over Congestion Pricing Comes Down to Just 5,200 NYC Drivers
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A minuscule number of New York City residents commute by car to the tolling zone of Manhattan from homes that are more than one-half mile from high-speed public transit.
Albany’s Fealty to Suburbs Hurts Black, Latino Workers: Report
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The capitulation to the suburbs by the governor and by state legislative leaders means that Black, Hispanic and Asian workers of all income employed by those businesses will shoulder an unequal share of the new tax, according to a new analysis by the Fiscal Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.
Torres Seeks Fed Backing for Cross Bronx Capping
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The federal government should give a financial and bureaucratic boost to the effort to cap the Cross Bronx Expressway, according to a Bronx congressman hoping to capitalize on federal backing for a similar project in Texas announced earlier this year.
Two-Way Busway Proposed For Brooklyn’s Placard-Ridden Livingston St.
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A bus priority project would convert Livingston into a one-way westbound for cars alongside the new two-way busway that serves 50,000 bus riders daily.
MTA Will Offer Congestion Pricing Discounts For Low-Income ‘Frequent Drivers’
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Only about 14 percent of car commuters into Manhattan below 60th Street have incomes that meet the discount threshold vs. 79 percent of lower-income commuters who use transit, so maybe this is not such a big deal.
Feds Give MTA Final Blessing To Congestion Pricing
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The FWHA announced today that the MTA's environmental assessment for congestion pricing has passed its latest test and received a letter of sufficiency from the federal government, Streetsblog has learned.
MTA Will Extend $5 City Ticket To Far Rockaway LIRR Riders This Summer
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"Two words that we're addressing today: transit equity," said Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, who previously represented Far Rockaway in the City Council.
Queens Council Member Joins Call for Study of a Pedestrian-Friendly Austin Street
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Tiger Schulman! The City Council member who represents Forest Hills asked the city to make life more livable on Austin Street, a notoriously busy and congested commercial strip that local residents have suggested is perfect for a pedestrian-friendly redesign.