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The car-free busway on 14th Street is still the gold standard (mostly because there's only one other like it). File photo: Dave Colon

Even More Data Shows That City’s ‘Car-Ban’ on 14th Street is Making Buses Work

By Dave Colon | Oct 17, 2019 | No Comments

"We've shown what can be done if you have true transit priority, and I'd love to replicate that elsewhere," NYCT President Andy Byford said on Thursday afternoon.

Yes, it's sometimes crowded, but the subway is the solution.

The MTA Needs More Money. Will It Get It?

By Dave Colon | Oct 16, 2019 | No Comments

"Cash-strapped" is not just a cute adjective that always precedes the noun "MTA." It's a harsh reality.

The busway is a miracle. Photo: Dave Colon

Buspocalypse Nah: Commerce Doing Just Fine On 14th Street As Busway Hits Day 4

By Dave Colon | Oct 8, 2019 | 6 Comments

"The street looks better, it's nice," one customer at Joe's Pizza said. "It's ridiculous, I don't know any New Yorker who would take a cab just to get a slice of pizza."

The MTA wants to see a lot more of this. Photo: Dave Colon

The 14th Street Busway Starts Thursday — But Enforcement Won’t Start ‘Til December

By Dave Colon | Oct 2, 2019 | 8 Comments

Drivers will get several months of grace period before being slapped with tickets for breaking the roadway's car-free rules.

A rare sight: de Blasio on the subway. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

UPDATED: Mayor to MTA: You Can Have My Money … on Three Conditions!

By Gersh Kuntzman and Dave Colon | Sep 25, 2019 | 6 Comments

The MTA is expecting $3 billion from the mayor — but he wants to make sure the agency exhausts a lot of other funding first.

Broadway Junction, where the escalators often break as one did here last July, is one of the stations slated to get accessibility upgrades from the MTA. Photo: Julianne Cuba

MTA Reveals First 48 Stations For Accessibility Upgrades

By Dave Colon | Sep 20, 2019 | 14 Comments

The goal, the agency said earlier this week, would be to pick stations that would fill immediate gaps so that riders will no longer ever be more than two stops from a station with an elevator.

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