Dave Colon

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Congestion Pricing Takes a Step Forward … But Also Gets Pushed Back Another Month

By Dave Colon | Jul 28, 2022 | No Comments

New York's transit agency is slowly moving ahead with a toll plan that could change life in every city in America.

Behold, the airy future promised for the new Penn Station. Graphic: MTA

The Explainer: Why a New Penn Station Leaves So Many People So Angry

By Dave Colon | Jul 27, 2022 | No Comments

Why are so many smart people and groups throwing around words like "corruption" and "handout" and something smelly that "undermines public trust" when discussing the Penn Station project.? Let the Explainer explain it all for you...

MTA Chief Financial Officer Kevin Willens considers the void.

Without New Funding, the MTA Faces a Fiscal Cliff After 2023

By Dave Colon | Jul 26, 2022 | No Comments

Legislators might balk at providing the MTA with the kind of money it needs, but the agency's CFO (photo above) implored the state to act sooner rather than later in order to to keep mass transit alive.

Night falls on the MTA, and its financial future.

Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit

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Nausea: The MTA Is Facing An Existential Crisis, Again

By Dave Colon | Jul 21, 2022 | No Comments

Is this the way subway ends, not with a bang but with a whimper?

This is the scene moments after the driver hit and killed a pedestrian on the last day of 2018 in Jackson Heights. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Gov. Hochul Signs Law Adding Cyclist and Pedestrian Safety Awareness to Driver’s License Requirements

By Dave Colon | Jul 15, 2022 | No Comments

New drivers for the first time will be tested on their knowledge of pedestrian and cyclist safety as a part of the requirements for obtaining a license in New York, according to a law that the governor signed Friday.

Scenes like this are being investigated more thoroughly by the Department of Transportation these days.

DOT Report Shows Ongoing Driver Recklessness — And the Agency’s Slow Response to It

By Dave Colon | Jul 15, 2022 | No Comments

There were 15,947 reported vehicle crashes in the first quarter of 2022. The Department of Transportation examined 521 of those crash locations and took immediate action to improve safety at just three.

FERRY INTERESTING: Mayor Adams Raises Base Fare on City’s Boats

By Dave Colon | Jul 14, 2022 | No Comments

The city will raise the base fare on the NYC Ferry system by nearly 50 percent, but in doing so, Adams said he would shore up the service and make it more equitable with reduced fares for low-income residents.