Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

Dilan, Espinal Oppose Plan to Eliminate Deadly Turn From MTA Bus Routes

By Stephen Miller | Jun 26, 2015 | 25 Comments

After turning bus drivers twice struck and killed pedestrians at a complex intersection on the border of Bushwick and Ridgewood, the MTA proposed a change that eliminates a deadly turn from two bus routes. The plan has been under consideration for months and is set to go into effect Sunday. But Council Member Rafael Espinal and State Senator Martin Malave Dilan are trying […]

Andrew Cuomo Is Failing at One of His Most Basic Tasks

By Ben Fried | Jun 23, 2015 | 6 Comments

In 1981, then-MTA Chair Richard Ravitch wrote to Governor Hugh Carey, pleading for action “to meet the increasingly desperate situation of public transit in New York.” Carey responded by moving a suite of measures through Albany that led to the MTA’s first five-year capital program. Investments made through the capital program brought the transit system […]

TWU Demands to Be Allowed to Kill People Who Have the Right of Way

By Stephen Miller | Jun 16, 2015 | 48 Comments

Wadsworth & 181 in Upper Manh: Bus waits to take a left turn as oblivious pedestrian crosses intersection pic.twitter.com/1sdNUEcyZo — TWU Local 100 (@TWULocal100) June 16, 2015 The Transport Workers Union is making a great case for why the Right of Way Law should apply to all drivers. The law made it a misdemeanor for drivers to […]

MTA Finds Replacement for Flashing Lights on Select Bus Service

By Stephen Miller | Jun 9, 2015 | 20 Comments

When Select Bus Service launched in 2008, the front of each bus featured two flashing blue lights to help passengers distinguish between SBS and local buses. Years after Staten Island lawmakers exploited a legal technicality, forcing the MTA to shut the lights off, the agency has figured out a solution. The lights are important because they help people determine whether […]

Lawmakers Beg Cuomo to Show Some Leadership on MTA Capital Plan Gap

By Stephen Miller | Jun 2, 2015 | 2 Comments

As the end approaches for the Albany legislative session, things are looking bleak for New York City transit riders. With no action from Governor Cuomo to close the $14 billion gap in the MTA capital program, the burden will end up falling on straphangers in the form of greater debt and higher fares. A group […]

It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way

By Ben Fried | Jun 1, 2015 | 46 Comments

Quick thought experiment… Imagine for a moment that New York City has a toll system where there are no free rides. No reason for drivers to toll shop, clogging up the routes to free bridges. There is, effectively, a uniform fare for every car trip into the incredibly crowded center of town, revenue from which […]

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