Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

Reading Between the Lines on East Side’s Missing Bike Lanes

By Noah Kazis | Sep 15, 2010 | 26 Comments

Select Bus Service remains on track to debut on October 10, confirmed NYC DOT and the MTA at a meeting of the project’s Community Advisory Committee last night. Bus service improvements along the corridor are as crucial as ever and will be bolstered by camera enforcement, which DOT announced would be in effect starting in […]

Three Transit Villains Exit the Stage in 2010 Primaries

By Ben Fried | Sep 15, 2010 | 10 Comments

The votes have been counted in the 2010 primaries, humbling three of the state legislators who killed major transit funding initiatives the past few years. Richard Brodsky, ringleader of the anti-congestion pricing contingent in Albany, vacated his Assembly seat in a bid for Attorney General. He lost convincingly last night. Bridge toll obstructionist Pedro Espada, […]

Rider Anger Grazes Incumbent Pols at Fare Hike Hearing

By Noah Kazis | Sep 14, 2010 | 3 Comments

Outside Cooper Union yesterday evening, the sidewalks were packed with news cameras, security squads, political campaigners and activists pressing passersby with their plans for the MTA. Inside, the transit authority held the first of ten mandated public hearings on its proposed fare and toll hikes. Though attendance was sparse, the citizens who lined up to […]

DMI to Gov Candidates: New Yorkers Need to Know Your Transit Platforms

By Ben Fried | Aug 26, 2010 | 6 Comments

John Petro and Dan Morris at the Drum Major Institute have a great op-ed in the Albany Times-Union today, asking the candidates for governor how they plan to deal with New York’s transit funding crisis. With the largest MTA service cut in a generation barely behind us, the third fare hike in three years looming […]

Henry Hudson Bridge Path Re-Opens — With a Cycling Ban

By Ben Fried | Aug 5, 2010 | 53 Comments

The view of the Henry Hudson path from the Bronx side. Photo: James Rather Residents of Northern Manhattan and the west Bronx have been waiting more than three years for the re-opening of the bike-ped path on the lower deck of the Henry Hudson Bridge. When the moment finally came earlier this summer, however, cyclists […]

The Fare Hike, the Service Cuts, and the Ballot Box

By Ben Fried | Jul 28, 2010 | 21 Comments

This afternoon the MTA officially unveiled the fare and toll increases it’s proposing to help close the agency’s remaining $400 million budget gap. The dailies had already reported many of the measures on the table, and it looks like the burden is going to fall mainly on New Yorkers who use subways and buses the […]

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