Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

Gov. Cuomo. Photo: Governor’s Office/Flickr

Cuomo’s Cowardice Won’t Fix the MTA

By Brad Aaron | Jun 23, 2017 | 2 Comments

The governor of New York pretending that he does not control the MTA is troubling and bizarre. By denying responsibility for his transit system, Cuomo is perpetuating a charade that has real consequences for New Yorkers.

MTA Chair Joe Lhota. Photo: MTA/Marc Hermann via Wikimedia Commons

Joe Lhota Is Cuomo’s MTA Chief, Again, Sort Of

By Ben Fried | Jun 22, 2017 | 2 Comments

Late yesterday, Andrew Cuomo nominated former MTA chief Joe Lhota to resume the role at a time when the agency is grappling with a decline in reliability that has reached crisis proportions. Lhota was hastily confirmed by the State Senate as the 2017 legislative session came to an end last night.

He's the boss. Photo: Flickr/NYS Governor's Office

Cuomo Doesn’t Need a New Law to Fix the Subways — He’s Already in Charge of the MTA

By Ben Fried | Jun 21, 2017 | 2 Comments

With subway service failing spectacularly on an almost daily basis, the MTA is in desperate need of firm, straightforward leadership. Instead, Governor Cuomo is giving riders an outlandish song-and-dance about why all the transit system's problems up until this point are not his fault.

Put subway Wi-Fi to its highest and best use by tweeting to @NYGovCuomo about your lousy commute.

Tweeting Out Your Anger at Another Hot, Slow, Crowded Subway Ride? Always Loop in the Man Who Runs the MTA: @NYGovCuomo

By Brad Aaron | Jun 20, 2017 | 2 Comments

When you're tweeting from that hot, crowded subway platform -- or a hot, crowded train that isn't moving -- don't forget to channel that frustration toward the man who runs the MTA: Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose Twitter handle is @NYGovCuomo.

This concept from BRT Planning International includes both an exclusive busway and bike lanes. So far DOT and the MTA are contemplating a dedicated street for transit, but not including bikeways as well.

MTA and DOT Are Weighing a River-to-River Busway for 14th Street During L Train Shutdown

By David Meyer | Jun 6, 2017 | 17 Comments

DOT and the MTA may go beyond typical bus lanes in their plan to keep people moving on 14th Street during the L train shutdown, which will suspend service west of Bedford Avenue for 15 months starting in April 2019.

The MTA and DOT did not indicate any plans for busways on surface streets in a presentation to elected officials last week about the L train shutdown. Image: MTA

There’s Got to Be More to the L Train Shutdown Plan Than What the MTA and DOT Have Shown So Far

By David Meyer | May 24, 2017 | 16 Comments

Starting in January 2019, service on the L train west of Bedford Avenue will be suspended for 15 months to allow for Sandy-related repairs. The only way to keep hundreds of thousands of people moving is to dedicate significant street space to buses on both sides of the East River. But at a presentation to elected officials on Friday, the MTA and DOT did not indicate that bus lanes are part of their plan, except on the Williamsburg Bridge itself.

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