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How the MTA Managed to Afford Service Restorations

By Noah Kazis | Jul 26, 2012 | 3 Comments

Wondering how the MTA could afford to restore service on 24 bus lines and postpone next year’s fare hikes? New budget documents show where the transit system’s revenues and costs beat expectations, leaving the small and fragile surplus. The biggest savings came from cheap energy. Revenues from riders were up, but the important yet volatile […]

Partial Service Restorations Aren’t Good Enough For City Pols, TWU

By Noah Kazis | Jul 24, 2012 | 6 Comments

Across the city, New Yorkers are still demanding their transit back. A dozen elected officials joined the Transport Workers Union on the steps of City Hall this afternoon to demand that all of 2010’s MTA service cuts be restored. Around one-third of the eliminated service will be reinstated under a plan released by the MTA […]

Bus Lane Rehab and Utica Ave SBS Win Federal Transit Grants

By Noah Kazis | Jul 23, 2012 | 9 Comments

New York City was awarded nearly $50 million in federal grants to improve its bus service, the Federal Transit Administration announced today. The money will go toward both the basics, like a new radio system for buses, and new and improved bus lanes to speed service further. The planned Select Bus Service improvements on Utica […]

MTA Partially Restores Transit Service and Adds Some New Bus Routes

By Noah Kazis | Jul 19, 2012 | 16 Comments

The MTA is starting to repair some of the damage done by 2010’s devastating round of service cuts. The transit agency has announced a new set of transit service improvements worth $29 million a year, making up roughly a third of what was cut in 2010. Riders will also get a two-month reprieve from next […]

Local Electeds Announce Specific MTA Service Restorations

By Ben Fried | Jul 19, 2012 | 4 Comments

Local pols are sending out word about MTA service restorations in their districts. Yesterday Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver got the jump on announcing a restored bus route — letting slip that the M9 will be extended back to Battery Park City. The MTA will be announcing the full slate of service changes later this afternoon. All […]

Hylan Boulevard SBS Will Speed Bus Rides Starting in September

By Noah Kazis | May 21, 2012 | 1 Comment

New York City’s fourth Select Bus Service route will travel down Staten Island’s Hylan Boulevard as soon as this September. The improvements are expected to speed travel times by 20 percent along the island’s second-busiest route, according to a report by the MTA [PDF]. As on existing SBS routes, the Hylan service will make fewer […]

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