Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

Prendergast’s Objections to Toll Reform Don’t Make Any Sense

By Stephen Miller | Jul 30, 2015 | 30 Comments

On WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show this morning, MTA Chairman and CEO Tom Prendergast joined his boss Andrew Cuomo in dumping cold water on the Move NY toll reform plan as a way to fund the transit authority’s capital program. Trouble is, his critiques don’t make much sense. Lehrer played a clip of Cuomo arguing against toll reform on […]

Here Are Six Times the MTA Was a State Entity Under Cuomo’s Control

By Stephen Miller | Jul 30, 2015 | 18 Comments

Yesterday on WCNY’s “Capitol Pressroom,” Susan Arbetter hosted Governor Andrew Cuomo for a discussion of the MTA capital program. Lately, the governor has been pushing City Hall to fund a greater share of the authority’s investment plan. Arbetter, pressing the governor, asked a simple question: “Isn’t the MTA a state entity?” “It’s not, actually,” Cuomo replied. “It [covers] a metropolitan downstate […]

Cuomo to NYC: Eat My Dust, Plebes

By Brad Aaron | Jul 23, 2015 | 20 Comments

.@NYGovCuomo also basically said the MTA budget gap is the city’s problem. “NYC does have a surplus…I hope the city does provide help.” — Erin Durkin (@erinmdurkin) July 22, 2015 Governor Andrew Cuomo says it’s up to New York City to fund his MTA — and indicated the city will have to do it without the funding mechanism […]

Anthony Shorris: City Hall Open to Funding Transit Via Toll Reform

By Stephen Miller | Jul 22, 2015 | 2 Comments

After an Albany legislative session that came and went without any serious effort from Governor Cuomo to address the $14 billion shortfall in the MTA’s next five-year capital program, there are faint stirrings of action. Most intriguing: Yesterday, First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris sent a letter to MTA Chairman and CEO Tom Prendergast outlining the city’s […]

DOT and MTA Launch M86 Select Bus Service

By Brad Aaron | Jul 13, 2015 | 27 Comments

Electeds and other city officials today launched M86 Select Bus Service, which should reduce travel times for thousands of New Yorkers. With 25,000 riders a day, the crosstown M86 carries more passengers per mile than any other New York City bus route. DOT first identified the line as an SBS candidate in 2009. Unlike other Select Bus Service lines, the M86 will not have […]

Eyes on the Street: Red Paint for “Queue-Jump” Bus Lanes on the M86

By Stephen Miller | Jul 2, 2015 | 7 Comments

Select Bus Service on 86th Street in Manhattan won’t be getting full bus-only lanes, but riders will benefit from short bus lanes at busy intersections. DOT has added two “queue-jump” lanes where 86th Street and 84th Street meet Fifth Avenue, to keep buses from getting stuck behind traffic waiting at lights. The most important component of the M86 SBS upgrade is off-board fare collection. The sidewalk fare […]

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