Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

Costs of Subway Slowdown Would Add Up Fast

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 16, 2013 | 23 Comments

Following the recent deaths of two subway passengers who were pushed onto tracks, TWU Local 100 is urging operators to slash train speeds as they enter stations, the New York Times reported yesterday. A TWU flier, which you can view here, advises operators that “Preventing a [run-over], and saving yourself the emotional trauma and potential […]

What Will It Take to Enact the Sandy Commission’s Transportation Proposals?

By Stephen Miller | Jan 15, 2013 | 1 Comment

Governor Cuomo’s post-Sandy infrastructure commission unveiled its recommendations [PDF] last week, and while it focused heavily on hardening the city’s transportation network against future storms, it also offered glimpses of how infrastructure could be more resilient in the wake of disaster, with Bus Rapid Transit playing a prominent role. In addition to BRT, the report from the […]

New York Needs Cuomo to Talk Transit in Tomorrow’s State of the State

By Stephen Miller | Jan 8, 2013 | 2 Comments

In his State of the State address tomorrow afternoon, Governor Andrew Cuomo has the opportunity to set the tone for transportation policy in the year ahead. And with the NYC region’s transit system having absorbed billions of dollars worth of damage from Hurricane Sandy, it’s going to be a very important year indeed. Cuomo has to […]

Jim Brennan Reintroduces $4.5 Billion Bond Measure for Transit and Roads

By Stephen Miller | Dec 19, 2012 | 4 Comments

When New Yorkers go to the polls less than a year from now, they’ll definitely be voting for a new mayor, and they might also be voting for billions in state-backed transportation funding, if a measure put forward by Assembly Member James Brennan clears Albany. Brennan, a Brooklyn Democrat representing Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, and […]

With Joe Lhota’s Impending Mayoral Run, Transit Can’t Be Ignored in 2013

By Ben Fried | Dec 19, 2012 | 3 Comments

A few quick thoughts on the news that MTA Chair Joe Lhota is going to leave the agency at the end of week to clear the way for a mayoral run… There are basically two angles to consider. One is that the MTA is about to lose its chief executive, yet again, after a brief […]

Council Members Call for Countdown Clocks at Bus Shelters

By Stephen Miller | Dec 10, 2012 | 21 Comments

With BusTime set to expand citywide by the end of 2013, after launches in Staten Island, the Bronx and with pilot routes in Brooklyn and Manhattan, City Council members want to bring that technology to the streets — or more specifically, the bus stop — and are asking MTA, DOT and bus shelter operator Cemusa […]

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