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Graphed: How East Side Select Bus Service Cut Trip Times and Gained Riders

By Noah Kazis | Nov 15, 2011 | 3 Comments

Yesterday, we reported on the impressive gains in speed and ridership along the First and Second Avenue Select Bus Service route. Since then, NYC DOT and the MTA released their official progress report on the project. It’s full of graphics that show the boost for bus riders even more clearly. Select Bus Service cut the […]

Cuomo Selects Joe Lhota as Next MTA Chair

By Ben Fried | Oct 20, 2011 | 1 Comment

Governor Andrew Cuomo today named Joseph Lhota as his pick to run the nation’s largest transit system. Lhota, a former deputy mayor and budget director under mayor Rudy Giuliani, will officially hold the position of MTA CEO after a confirmation vote by the New York State Senate, which is not expected to pose much of […]

Jay Walder Came to the MTA With a Plan to Improve Transit. Will Joe Lhota?

By Noah Kazis | Oct 20, 2011 | 4 Comments

Any moment now, Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to announce that Joe Lhota, the former budget director and deputy mayor for Rudy Giuliani, will be the next chairman of the MTA. There will be a press conference and press releases — a singular opportunity for Cuomo and Lhota to put forward their vision for the […]

New Tech Promises Less Subway Crowding, If Albany Doesn’t Beggar the MTA

By Josef Szende and Charles Komanoff | Oct 13, 2011 | 6 Comments

Last week’s news that NYC Transit is planning to boost L train service isn’t just good for residents of Williamsburg. It points to a new era of faster and more reliable service throughout the subway system as the new signal technology known as Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) begins to take hold. As the Times […]

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Transit Union Challenges NYPD Order to Help Arrest Fellow Protestors

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 5, 2011 | No Comments

After Saturday’s arrest of 700 Occupy Wall Street protestors, the New York Police Department ordered bus drivers to go to the Brooklyn Bridge, and transport protestors to police facilities for holding and processing. Police arrest a protestor on the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday. Transit workers say it's not their job to help. Photo: Reuters But the […]

Bus Bulbs Will Boost Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Service

By Noah Kazis | Oct 5, 2011 | 4 Comments

With Select Bus Service speeding trips and boosting ridership on Fordham Road and First and Second Avenue, the next route slated for an upgrade is Brooklyn’s Nostrand Avenue. The B44 bus runs over nine miles from the Williamsburg Bridge to Sheepshead Bay. It attracts 41,000 riders a day, making it the seventh busiest route in […]

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