Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Riders Alliance

Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez thinks City Hall can afford to provide discount transit fares to 800,000 low-income New Yorkers. Photo: David Meyer

Council Members Press City Hall for Half-Priced MetroCards for Low-Income New Yorkers

By David Meyer | Feb 13, 2017 | 3 Comments

It would cost the city $212 million annually to provide half-priced fares to the 800,000 New Yorkers who live below the federal poverty line. De Blasio has refused to include the funding in his $86 billion budget, prompting City Council members to accuse him of "passing the buck" to Albany.

Governor Cuomo was hands-on in his push to get Second Avenue Subway construction wrapped up by the end of 2016, but when it comes to funding the rest of the system, he's been MIA. Photo: Flickr/NYS Governor's Office

A Message to Cuomo: Good Subway Service Matters More Than Mega-Projects

By David Meyer | Jan 30, 2017 | 3 Comments

Andrew Cuomo personally intervened to get the Second Avenue Subway running by January 1. But when it comes to the less flashy task of getting the whole subway system to run reliably, the governor is nowhere to be seen.

Tri-State Transportation Campaign Executive Director Veronica Vanterpool

Vanterpool: Trump Can’t Take Away Our Ability to Make Transit Better

By David Meyer | Dec 1, 2016 | No Comments

If you want better transit, now is not the time to get discouraged. At a Riders Alliance panel in Soho last night, Tri-State Transportation Campaign Executive Director Veronica Vanterpool delivered a message to transit advocates -- all politics is local, and city residents still have the power to win important transit victories.

Growing Coalition Urges de Blasio to Fund Discount Fares for Poor Residents

By David Meyer | Oct 19, 2016 | 14 Comments

Advocates are turning up the heat on Mayor de Blasio to fund discount MetroCards for low-income New Yorkers. The Riders Alliance and the Community Service Society led a rally on the steps of City Hall this morning calling on Mayor de Blasio to fund discount fares in his FY 2018 budget, which will be drafted early next year. A majority of […]

MTA: Don’t Ask Us to Do More for NYC Bus Riders

By David Meyer | Oct 6, 2016 | 44 Comments

Bus ridership in New York City has steadily declined since 2002, and bus riders put up with the slowest average speeds in the nation. But the MTA is in no hurry to fix the problem. At a City Council hearing this morning, MTA representatives touted the agency’s piecemeal efforts to improve bus service while pushing back […]

Want Better Bus Service? Share Your “Woes on the Bus” With NYC Electeds

By David Meyer | Sep 28, 2016 | No Comments

If you’ve ever taken a New York City bus, you probably have a horror story. Maybe you were late to school thanks to a double-parked motorist idling in the bus lane, or missed an appointment after you waited 20 minutes for a bus to show up, then three arrived all at the same time, already packed with riders. Now […]

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