Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

Count AOC skeptical about the FAA's explanations for why it ruled out alternatives to the Port Authority's preferred AirTrain route.

AOC to FAA: No on LGA AirTrain

By Eve Kessler | Jan 13, 2020 | No Comments

The Congress member wrote to the FAA blasting the lack of transparency around project, which would reside in her district.

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Op-Ed Round 2: Kabak Rebuts Port Authority Chief’s Pro LaGuardia AirTrain Piece

By Benjamin Kabak | Jan 8, 2020 | No Comments

Round two of our "Blood Sport at the Airport"!

Will the redesign help this? File photo: Angela Stach

Op-Ed: MTA’s Queens Bus Redesign is Not Good for Jackson Heights

By Jim Burke | Jan 7, 2020 | No Comments

I had high hopes for the Queens bus redesign. I was very disappointed.

The proposed, and currently unnamed, Penn Station South. Area residents have some notes. Image: Governor's Office

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‘Master Builder’ Cuomo Pitches Old Proposal For New ‘Penn Station South’

By Dave Colon | Jan 7, 2020 | No Comments

A possibly $8-billion proposal would raise the total number of train tracks at Penn Station to 29 and serve 175,000 commuters per day, the governor said.

A rendering of the proposed LGA AirTrain. Image: Governor's Office

Op-Ed: Current LGA AirTrain Route is the Best, Greenest Transit Option

By Rick Cotton | Jan 6, 2020 | No Comments

Alternative proposals are fatally flawed, argues the Port Authority executive director.

Baby you're a rich bus too: The MTA found the cash to keep the Q53 in this version fo the Queens bus redesign. Image: Around the Horn via Flickr

Queens Bus Network Redesign Strives for Simplicity

By Dave Colon | Jan 3, 2020 | No Comments

The draft plan seeks to combine routes and eliminate redundancies while improving connections among neighborhoods and between boroughs.

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