Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

Who Runs the MTA? Check Governor Cuomo’s Website for the Answer…

By Stephen Miller | Nov 19, 2012 | 1 Comment

The MTA — the agency elected officials usually try to distance themselves from as much as possible — has lately been serving as the model for effective post-Sandy recovery. And in a welcome turn, Governor Andrew Cuomo himself has taken center stage when all eyes are on the MTA’s performance. There are even real-time MTA service status […]

City Receives Federal Funding for Full Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Route

By Ben Fried | Nov 14, 2012 | 12 Comments

The first Select Bus Service route in Brooklyn is on track to start speeding bus trips next year, after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced yesterday afternoon that the project has secured a $28 million federal grant. The B44 route on Nostrand, Rogers, and Bedford Avenues, which runs between Sheepshead Bay […]

“People’s Fare Hike Hearing” Asks Albany to Take Action on MTA Funding

By Stephen Miller | Nov 13, 2012 | 2 Comments

As the latest round of fare hike hearings — the fourth in five years — continues around the region, turnout is low but rants against the MTA board are still at a high boil. As usual, the elected officials who allocate resources to the transit system are shielded from public accountability. But today, on a […]

Have the Days of Scapegoating the MTA Come to an End?

By Charles Komanoff and Alex Matthiessen | Nov 12, 2012 | 11 Comments

MTA Love. Two words that have never before been paired have been practically joined at the hip during the recovery from Superstorm Sandy. To wit: The “enthusiastic round of applause” accorded Metropolitan Transportation Authority chief Joe Lhota at last week’s Association for a Better New York breakfast by real estate magnates and other civic power […]

Webster Avenue SBS Will Not Have Center-Running Bus Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Oct 24, 2012 | 3 Comments

This spring, there was a glimmer of hope that Webster Avenue in the Bronx would get the first center-running bus-only lanes in New York. With NYC DOT and the MTA bringing Select Bus Service to Webster Avenue, the center-running option would have been the city’s boldest effort yet to implement high-quality bus rapid transit. While […]

Instead of More Fare Hikes, How About Bridge Tolls That Make Sense?

By Ben Fried | Oct 15, 2012 | 16 Comments

Since the beginning of 2008 — right around the time that Albany legislators failed to enact congestion pricing — NYC subway and bus fares have been hiked three times. Now the fourth fare hike in five years is on the horizon, and with Albany lawmakers sitting on their hands as MTA revenues fail to keep […]

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