Dave Colon

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Baby you're a rich bus too: The MTA found the cash to keep the Q53 in this version fo the Queens bus redesign. Image: Around the Horn via Flickr

Queens Bus Network Redesign Strives for Simplicity

By Dave Colon | Jan 3, 2020 | No Comments

The draft plan seeks to combine routes and eliminate redundancies while improving connections among neighborhoods and between boroughs.

Cuomo, seen here in a magical people-moving tunnel. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit

Cuomo’s Subway Savior Elon Musk Spent All Weekend Tweeting About Inventing … The Subway

By Dave Colon | Dec 30, 2019 | No Comments

Maybe it's time for Gov. Cuomo to think a bit more inside the box.

De Blasio’s 2019 Report Card: Lots of ‘Incompletes’

By Dave Colon | Dec 30, 2019 | No Comments

We think the mayor has done some great things, some not-so-great things and then failed to do some things at all. Our annual report card.

The governor loves cars. Photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Cuomo’s Helmet Obsession is Going to Ruin Everything

By Dave Colon | Dec 27, 2019 | No Comments

Who needs a helmet when you've got an empty skull?

Cuomo Signs Bill Revoking Licenses From Drivers With ‘Medical Episodes’

By Dave Colon | Dec 26, 2019 | No Comments

Reckless drivers now have one less excuse to hide behind.

E-bike delivery workers rallying against NYPD enforcement in December 2017. Photo: David Meyer

BREAKING: Cuomo Vetoes Overwhelmingly Popular Bill to Legalize E-Bikes

By Gersh Kuntzman and Dave Colon | Dec 26, 2019 | No Comments

A terrible blow to workers who are frequently targeted by NYPD officers.

Bert Nuehring (right) and Eric Nylund presented the Crowe LLP audit to the MTA Board on Wednesday. Photo: MTA

MTA Pays $900,000 For Audit Telling Them Things They’ve Already Heard For Free

By Dave Colon | Dec 22, 2019 | No Comments

For the same $900,000 that the MTA paid for the forensic audit, the agency could have funded 14,173 30-day Fair Fare MetroCards.

Police investigate a fatal crash at the corner of Broadway and Howard Street. Photo: Dave Colon

Bloody Thursday: Truckers Kills Pedestrians In SoHo and Sunset Park

By Dave Colon | Dec 19, 2019 | No Comments

New York City's bloody backslide on Vision Zero continued on Thursday afternoon with the death of two more pedestrians hit by two more truck drivers.

There's a hiring freeze, but no official cop rollback. Photo: Caitlin Plaut

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Cuomo: Stop Criminalizing Poverty with Your ‘Dangerous’ Subway Cop Plan

By Gersh Kuntzman and Dave Colon | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments

Gov. Cuomo's obsession with hiring 500 more unaccountable cops to supposedly crack down on fare evasion is now a national embarrassment.

The Henry Hudson Bridge connects Riverdale with Upper Manhattan. Photo: Photo courtesy of MTA Bridges and Tunnels Special Archive

Mayor’s MTA Board Member Blasts Toll Rebates To One Million Car Commuters

By Dave Colon | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments

Veronica Vanterpool, who is leaving the board, "vehemently" opposes a giveback to drivers on the Henry Hudson and Cross Bay bridges.

State Senator Jessica Ramos continues to call on Gov. Cuomo to sign her bill legalizing e-bikes. Photo: Dave Colon

City Council Could Make Gov. Cuomo Irrelevant in E-Bike Debate

By Dave Colon | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments

City Council Member Rafael Espinal says he will press ahead with his bill to not only legalize the currently illegal throttle-controlled e-bikes that delivery workers favor.

More please, says the Council. File photo: Dave Colon

Data: Busway and SBS Are the Perfect Transit Marriage

By Dave Colon | Dec 15, 2019 | No Comments

The Busway boom just keeps on going.

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