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Straphangers: Cuomo Funding Cuts Top 2011 Worst-in-Transit List

By Noah Kazis | Dec 13, 2011 | 4 Comments

Looking back on 2011, there was a lot more bad news for New York City transit riders than good news. The Straphangers Campaign released its annual list of the ten best and worst events for subway and bus riders, and topping the “worst of” list are three separate ways that Governor Andrew Cuomo has attacked […]

At Sloth-Like 3.5 MPH, M50 Bus Wins This Year’s Pokey Award

By Noah Kazis | Dec 1, 2011 | 2 Comments

Want to understand why more Manhattanites don’t ride the bus? Look no further than this year’s Pokey awards, given out annually by the Straphangers Campaign. Manhattan buses, as usual, top the list of the year’s slowest service. The Pokey this year goes to the M50 crosstown bus, which averaged a mere 3.5 miles per hour […]

Here They Are: The Best and Worst City Transit Scenes

By Brad Aaron | Jul 6, 2011 | 3 Comments

The Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives have chosen the winners for their best and worst of New York City Transit photo contest. The top “Good Transit Scene” was “Break of Day ” by Sabrina Porter, while John Wehmeyer took the prize for best “Bad Transit Scene” with “”Reassuring? Not so much!” Porter and Wehmeyer will […]

Transit Photo Contest Down to Ten Finalists – Time to Vote

By Noah Kazis | Jun 20, 2011 | 4 Comments

The transit photo contest held by the Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives has moved into the final round. Five finalists have been selected for the photo that most captures New York City’s transit system at its best, and five have been chosen to represent the system at its worst. You can vote for your favorite […]

Submit Your Pics of the Best and Worst of NYC’s Transit System

By Noah Kazis | May 16, 2011 | 5 Comments

We often describe the importance of transit in numbers, like the fact that 54 percent of New York City households don’t even own a car. But even the most convincing stats can get a little dry. To help capture what the subways and buses mean to a city where the transit system is the closest […]

With No Plan for Transit, the Next Fare Hike Is Just Around the Bend

By Ben Fried | Mar 25, 2009 | 16 Comments

If state legislators don’t act to undo the outcome of today’s MTA Board meeting, it would mark the second straight year that fares have gone up, which is already a departure from the norm. And it’s going to get worse, say Gene Russianoff and the Straphangers Campaign: Without new financial help from Albany soon, the […]

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