Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

The Boom in Subway Ridership Is Waning. Why?

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 30, 2016 | 35 Comments

Transit officials recently reported that 1,763,000,000 subway trips were taken last year, the most since 1948. But the rise in ridership was meager, with only 12 million more trips in 2015 than in 2014. The percentage growth rate was seven-tenths of one percent. Over the same year, employment in New York City rose three times […]

DOT and MTA Unveil Plan for Select Bus Service on 23rd Street

By David Meyer | Mar 29, 2016 | 14 Comments

About 15,000 daily passengers on the M23 will get faster trips starting this fall under the plan from NYC and the MTA for Select Bus Service on 23rd Street. Last night the agencies revealed their preliminary plan for M23 SBS, which calls for bus lanes on most of 23rd Street and off-board fare collection [PDF], […]

The 30-Second Silent Video That Every MTA Rider Should See

By Ben Fried | Mar 25, 2016 | 6 Comments

The next time you hear a friend talking about the time their train stayed still for 30 minutes because of signal problems, or the time they waited 45 minutes for a bus then watched four buses pull up simultaneously, or the time they almost got pushed onto the tracks because the platform was so crowded, point them […]

Robert Rodriguez Introduces Toll Reform Bill in State Assembly

By Ben Fried | Mar 24, 2016 | 51 Comments

For the first time, a state legislator is sponsoring legislation in Albany to enact the Move NY toll reform plan. By creating a more rational toll system in New York City, the plan would significantly reduce traffic and raise revenue to invest in improving transit. Assembly Member Robert Rodriguez introduced a bill today, A09633, that would […]

Transit Riders: The MTA Can’t Run on Cuomo’s IOUs

By David Meyer | Mar 23, 2016 | 3 Comments

Straphangers can’t pay the MTA with an IOU, so why should Governor Andrew Cuomo get away with it? That’s the message Riders Alliance members brought to the MTA board meeting this morning. After trying and failing to swipe into the Bowling Green subway station with a giant “IOU” Metrocard, the group proceeded to MTA headquarters. In October, […]

Cuomo’s Capital Budget: $3,400,000,000 for Roads, $0 for MTA

By Ben Fried | Mar 21, 2016 | 12 Comments

Here’s something NYC representatives should be screaming about in Albany: Governor Cuomo’s budget allocates more than $3 billion to roads and bridges but nothing to the MTA’s capital program, according to an analysis released today by the Riders Alliance. The discrepancy amounts to a gigantic transfer of resources from the New York City region to […]

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