Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

All-Door Boarding Works. Why Won’t the MTA Commit to It on Every Bus?

By David Meyer | Oct 7, 2016 | 71 Comments

Buses on the M86 are moving faster and people have noticed — ridership on the crosstown route is on the upswing again after declining for years. The improved performance is due mainly to two changes the MTA and DOT launched last year: off-board fare collection with all-door boarding, and “queue jumps” at two locations that let buses move […]

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 […]

How Bad Is Bus Service on Your Route? Check This Web Site and See

By Brad Aaron | Oct 6, 2016 | 10 Comments

Just how bad do bus riders have it in NYC? Today the transit advocates with the Bus Turnaround campaign launched a web site that lets you look up any route in the system and see how it performs. Spend a few minutes on the site and you’ll see why ridership has fallen 16 percent citywide since 2002. There’s […]

Will the MTA Deliver Bus Service That People Want to Use?

By Ben Fried | Oct 5, 2016 | 2 Comments

“You have to have a mass transit system that people want to use,” Governor Cuomo asserted at a transportation-themed press event today. At least he got that much right. Cuomo’s transit announcements tend to glorify grand edifices like a new Penn Station train hall, boondoggles like a roundabout AirTrain link to LaGuardia by way of Flushing, or […]

MTA Bus Driver Kills Anna Colon, 73, on the Lower East Side

By Brad Aaron | Oct 4, 2016 | 55 Comments

An MTA bus driver killed a senior on the Lower East Side this morning. Anna Colon, 73, was crossing East Houston Street north to south at around 9:50 a.m. when the driver, who was also southbound, hit her while turning left from Avenue D onto East Houston, according to NYPD. “[The light] was about to turn red […]

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NYC Buses: Time for a Turnaround

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 22, 2016 | No Comments

New Yorkers take 2.5 million rides on the city’s buses every day. While NYC’s buses provide essential transit, especially in areas beyond the reach of the subway, they are among the nation’s slowest and least reliable. Now a coalition of transit advocates are promoting practical strategies to improve the performance of NYC buses systemwide. Transit […]

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