Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

36 Assembly Members to Cuomo: Stop Playing Games and Fund the MTA

By David Meyer | Feb 23, 2016 | 7 Comments

Andrew Cuomo wants New Yorkers to think he’s taken care of the multi-billion dollar funding shortfall for the MTA capital program, even though his new budget allocates no new funds for the MTA. Well, 36 members of the Assembly aren’t buying it. In a letter to Cuomo, Brooklyn Assembly Member Jim Brennan called on the governor to commit $1.825 billion […]

Keep L Train Passengers Moving With Great BRT

By Walter Hook and Annie Weinstock | Feb 4, 2016 | 23 Comments

The news that Sandy-related repairs will require closing one or both directions of the L train under the East River (the “Canarsie Tube”) for one to three years has understandably caused panic among the estimated 230,000 daily passengers who rely on it. Businesses in Williamsburg that count on customers from Manhattan are also concerned about a […]

On Transit Funding, Emperor Cuomo Has No Clothes

By David Meyer | Jan 26, 2016 | 10 Comments

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget includes no new funds for the MTA capital program — a brazen departure from the funding pledge Cuomo made just a few months ago. Transit advocates laid out the broken promises at a press conference in Brooklyn this morning. Back in October, Cuomo reached an agreement with Mayor de Blasio that the […]

MTA to Boost Frequency of Q70 to LaGuardia

By David Meyer | Jan 22, 2016 | 1 Comment

The MTA announced this morning that it plans to increase service on the Q70 Limited bus to LaGuardia Airport and hopes to roll out Select Bus Service on the route later this year. Riders Alliance Executive Director John Raskin applauded the news as “a great step toward implementing a real airport shuttle from the subway” […]

Less Service on the L Train? Wring More Efficiency Out of the Streets

By Ben Fried | Jan 15, 2016 | 48 Comments

Gothamist dropped a bombshell earlier this week: To repair Sandy-inflicted damage to the L train tubes between Manhattan and Brooklyn, the MTA will have to suspend service through the tunnel for large chunks of time. The repairs can get done fastest if the MTA halts service around the clock, but that would still last one to two […]

Here’s the Risk to Straphangers of Kicking the Can on the MTA Capital Plan

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 11, 2016 | No Comments

Rumors are swirling that the long-awaited answer to the key question vexing the MTA — how the state’s $8.3 billion share of the unfunded portion of the MTA capital plan will be paid for — is that dreaded four-letter word: D-E-B-T. According to the terms of a deal reached by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio in October, […]

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