Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

Details on East Side SBS Come Into Focus at CB 8 Meeting

By Ben Fried | Mar 15, 2010 | 9 Comments

We’ve got a few dispatches from last week’s Manhattan Community Board 8 meeting on East Side bus and bike improvements, which we couldn’t attend ourselves. First, Michael Auerbach, who’s doing some fantastic livable streets advocacy at Upper Green Side, filed a report for Second Ave Sagas about how Select Bus Service will function alongside the […]

Fare Hike 2010: Your Chance to Prop Up Albany

By Ben Fried | Mar 12, 2010 | 10 Comments

Straphangers, are you ready to subsidize the runaway state budget? By popular demand, here’s an updated graphic depiction of how the state of New York stole dedicated transit tax revenue from the MTA in last year’s deficit reduction package. The $190 million pot of money is known as the state’s 18-B obligation to the MTA. […]

Albany Didn’t “Cut” the MTA Budget. They Stole From It.

By Ben Fried | Mar 9, 2010 | 22 Comments

As part of December’s deficit reduction package, Albany lawmakers took dedicated transit tax revenue from MTA operations to fund other parts of the state budget. The $190 million pot of money is known as the state’s 18-B obligation to the MTA. The total MTA operating budget is nearly $12 billion (with a "b"). When the […]

To Save Student MetroCards, Trim the Fat From Bloated Yellow Bus Costs

By Ben Fried | Mar 4, 2010 | 41 Comments

New York City’s MTA hearings wrap up tonight at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. If experience is any guide, we’ll get to watch a parade of pols harangue the MTA Board without offering much in the way of solutions for the underlying financial problems plaguing transit. But if our elected officials really want […]

MTA Blame Game: Lowlights From Queens

By Noah Kazis | Mar 3, 2010 | 8 Comments

The MTA roadshow is in full swing, with raucous public hearings on service cuts drawing hundreds in Queens and Staten Island last night. Some press outlets are questioning whether the hearings actually get anything accomplished. It’s a good question to chew on, since the MTA Board’s options are limited by the agency’s massive budget gap. […]

The Truth About Student Fares: MTA a Huge Bargain for State and City

By Noah Kazis | Mar 1, 2010 | 16 Comments

The state and city spend about 58 times more per student on yellow school buses than what’s on the table for student MetroCards. Image: manyhighways via Flickr. A new round of MTA Board hearings gets started this week, and the biggest flashpoint is sure to be the student MetroCard program. New York City school children […]

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