Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

Quote of the Day

By Ben Fried | Dec 9, 2009 | 4 Comments

The Daily News captured this off-the-cuff comment from Mayor Bloomberg on Albany’s sudden failure to deliver more than $350 million to New York’s transit system: "I don’t know why anybody is surprised at what is happening to the MTA," he said. "It’s a piggy bank that keeps getting raided."

Doomsday Redux? MTA and Transit Riders Squeezed on All Sides

By Ben Fried | Dec 8, 2009 | 10 Comments

Yesterday word surfaced that the MTA will receive $200 million less from the recently enacted payroll tax than the state of New York originally projected. The news came less than a week after Albany legislators slashed $143 million from the MTA so the state can keep paying its bills. Add it up, and the agency […]

How Bill de Blasio and John Liu Can Stand Up for Transit Riders

By Gene Russianoff | Nov 23, 2009 | 8 Comments

Contrary to popular belief, the mayor isn’t the only elected official with a say in New York City transportation policy. So in this installment of Streetsblog’s series on Michael Bloomberg’s third term, we’re switching things up a bit. We asked New York’s most experienced transit advocate, Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign, how Comptroller-elect John […]

Coming Soon: @FakeAlbany

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2009 | 2 Comments

Here’s a fun time-waster. Since Monday, @FakeMTA has been posting faux transit updates on Twitter. Examples: "Sneak peek at completed Second Ave. Subway released!" and "If passengers don’t move all the way into the car, the C train is going to turn around and go home." There are benign neighborhood-specific barbs as well, with the […]

High Hopes — And Higher Standards — for Bloomberg 3.0

By Joan Byron | Nov 17, 2009 | 22 Comments

Our series on the next four years of NYC transportation policy continues with today’s essay from Joan Byron, Director of the Pratt Center for Community Development’s Sustainability and Environmental Justice Initiative. The Rudin Center for Transportation Policy recognized Byron’s work at the Pratt Center with the 2009 Civic Leadership Award. Read previous entries in this […]

Bus Rapid Transit Designs for East Side Avenues Still in Flux

By Ben Fried | Nov 13, 2009 | 62 Comments

Earlier this week DOT and the MTA showed plans for Bus Rapid Transit on the east side of Manhattan to the Seaport/Civic Center committee of Community Board 1. With implementation scheduled for next September, the question of how to allot space on First and Second Avenues is increasingly urgent. Robust bus improvements paired with protected […]

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