Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

Will the MTA Waste Its Opportunity to Save NYC Bus Riders a Ton of Time?

By David Meyer | Jun 17, 2016 | 47 Comments

The MTA’s next-generation fare payment system can greatly speed up buses all over the city by allowing passengers to board much faster, but so far the agency hasn’t required bidders for the fare system contract to include such technology. With proposals due July 13, a coalition led by the Riders Alliance is calling on the MTA to […]

Brewer to DOT: Start Looking Into a Bus-Only 14th Street

By David Meyer | May 24, 2016 | 15 Comments

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer is calling on DOT to study making 14th Street a bus-only thoroughfare while L train service is disrupted during Sandy-related repairs. To allow for urgently-needed fixes to the L train tunnel, the MTA is considering either a full shutdown of service between Bedford Avenue and Eighth Avenue for 18 months, or a three-year […]

How Long Will It Take to Modernize New York’s Commuter Rail System?

By David Meyer | May 10, 2016 | 70 Comments

The New York region’s commuter rail network is failing to keep up with current travel patterns, said panelists at Friday’s Regional Plan Association annual assembly. MTA chair Tom Prendergast agrees, but he doesn’t expect that to change much anytime soon — there are too many other priorities that need to be taken care of first, he said. […]

Will DOT Make Safety Upgrades Over Objections of Sheepshead Bay Cranks?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 21, 2016 | 4 Comments

Update: DOT confirmed this project is happening. DOT intends to go ahead with a project to straighten out a bus route and add pedestrian space in Sheepshead Bay, reports the Brooklyn Daily. DOT had let the project stall after Council Member Chaim Deutsch and Community Board 15 opposed it, but after a bus driver killed […]

Cuomo’s MTA Debt Bomb: How the Pieces Fit Together

By Ben Fried | Apr 8, 2016 | 28 Comments

NY1’s Zack Fink reports that last week’s Albany budget deal raised the MTA’s debt ceiling to $55 billion (about one-third higher than the previous cap of $41 billion). That’s $14 billion more in potential borrowing that, in all likelihood, straphangers will pay off in the form of higher fares. The increase in the debt ceiling wasn’t […]

A Car-Free Plaza Is the Key to DOT’s Safety Plan for Myrtle-Wyckoff

By David Meyer | Mar 31, 2016 | 7 Comments

The dangerous intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Wyckoff Avenue at the Bushwick-Ridgewood border is in line for a major DOT redesign this year. The proposal calls for pedestrianizing the block of Wyckoff between Myrtle and Gates to reduce potential motor vehicle turns at the intersection by 70 percent. Myrtle-Wyckoff is a major transit hub, where the elevated M […]

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