How to Turn Up the Pressure on Cuomo to Fix the Subways
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Get a "Subway Delay Action Kit" to mobilize other riders the next time you're stuck on a crowded platform or train.
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Levine Introduces Bill to Speed Up Installation of Signal Priority for Buses
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Transit priority at traffic signals is one of the easiest ways to speed up NYC's sluggish buses. But DOT is aiming to add it on just 20 more routes by 2020. Instead of the five routes per year where DOT is currently planning to implement Transit Signal Priority, Levine's bill would mandate at least 10 routes annually.
Riders and Bus Drivers Urge MTA to Bring All-Door Boarding to Every Route in the City
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Bus riders and drivers gathered outside MTA headquarters this morning to demand citywide all-door boarding, which the agency can mandate in its upcoming contract for a new fare collection system.
Bus Riders Share Their Tales of Woeful Service. Are Cuomo and de Blasio Listening?
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The stories riders share in "Woes on the Bus" go beyond time lost to delays - they show how bad bus service exacts a heavy toll on fundamental aspects of daily life.
The New Bus Campaigners
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Transit advocates think bus service is declining because of longstanding policy neglect, and that something can and ought to be done about it. They’re pushing elected officials and transit agencies to apply changes like bus lanes, all-door boarding and traffic signal priority.
67 State Legislators Tell Cuomo: Speed Up Buses ASAP
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A broad coalition of 67 state legislators want Governor Andrew Cuomo to pursue two potentially transformative improvements to NYC's notoriously slow and unreliable bus service.