Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

Road Pricing Still the Big Missing Piece in MTA Funding Puzzle

By Ben Fried | Dec 6, 2010 | 10 Comments

It’s been 20 months since the state legislature passed an MTA funding package with a conspicuous missing piece. In early 2009, the transit agency was reeling from the recession, and straphangers were about to get walloped by deep service cuts and a 23 percent fare hike. Albany responded by enacting just a partial fix: a […]

Ravitch: Tolls on Every Major Road Needed, Just to Keep Transpo Afloat

By Noah Kazis | Nov 18, 2010 | 10 Comments

Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch opens his new report on transportation funding in his characteristically blunt fashion: “New York State currently lacks the revenues necessary to maintain its transportation system in a state of good repair, and the State has no credible strategy for meeting future needs.” It doesn’t get any cheerier from there. Faced with […]

East Side SBS Shaving 15 Minutes Off M15 Trips; Bus Cams Go Live Monday

By Ben Fried | Nov 18, 2010 | 7 Comments

This just in from the MTA and NYC DOT. Select Bus Service has shaved off between 12 and 16 minutes of travel time on rush hour runs along the M15 corridor from 125th Street to South Ferry. That’s before the debut of camera enforcement. Update: Here are some more specific numbers on trip times from […]

MTA Touts Bus Lane Cameras in PR Blitz

By Noah Kazis | Nov 11, 2010 | 5 Comments

After a long legislative battle, the MTA wants you to know about the automated enforcement that will be keeping Select Bus Service lanes clear of traffic. “Good News,” trumpets an e-mail blast sent out by the MTA yesterday. “New York City and the MTA have teamed up to use cameras to strictly enforce designated bus-only […]

Can Andrew Cuomo Stop Albany From Raiding Transit Again?

By Noah Kazis | Nov 9, 2010 | 4 Comments

Yesterday, City Council transportation committee chair Jimmy Vacca and leading transportation advocates sent a letter to New York state’s current leadership urging them not to raid the MTA’s dedicated funds to close an impending $315 million budget deficit. As long as the MTA’s finances are vulnerable to Albany incursions, transit riders will be at risk. […]

Gene Russianoff on What to Look for From Governor-Elect Andrew Cuomo

By Noah Kazis | Nov 3, 2010 | 3 Comments

Andrew Cuomo won his election yesterday by an enormous margin, racking up 62 percent of the vote. When he takes office, he will be the most powerful man in New York state politics. During his campaign, Cuomo dodged and pandered on the difficult question of how to fund the state’s transit systems, a policy decision […]

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