Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYC Transit

The public really loved Andy Byford, seen here in happier times. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

The Rumor Mill: Separating Fact from Fiction in Andrew Cuomo’s Bid to Sideline Andy Byford

By Dave Colon | Jul 4, 2019 | 4 Comments

As the MTA hurtles towards a huge reorganization, no one knows what the next phase of the MTA will actually look like, or who will get to run what.

Only this man can prevent overpoliced transit. Photo: Marc A. Hermann/MTA New York City Transit

Transit Advocates to Cuomo: Don’t Keep Us in the Dark

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 18, 2019 | 3 Comments

Dear Governor, can you make sure you fix the MTA right?

This doesn't happen very much, but now it won't happen between 1 and 5 a.m.

Op-Ed: The ‘Customer’ Is Always Right — Except When Being Called ‘Customer’

By Eric Schewe | Jun 18, 2019 | 11 Comments

Criticizing this language may seem nitpicky. But the words symbolize the political tensions at the MTA and in the city and state at large — what gets built, who pays for it and, at the end of the day, who is it all for anyway?

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and her now former boss. Photo: Rob Bennett for the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio

Anatomy of a Resignation: Why Polly Trottenberg Quit the MTA Board

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 6, 2019 | 5 Comments

Of course Polly Trottenberg quit the MTA board — it's a fake, no-power, fig-leaf body that ultimately has no place for an intelligent, committed professional person whose own boss let her down repeatedly.

Council Speaker Corey Johnson defended his call for mayoral control of the MTA. Photo: Jeff Reed

Budget Watchdog: Mayoral Control of MTA Would Be ‘Miserable’

By Eve Kessler | May 16, 2019 | 12 Comments

But Corey Johnson doubles-down on his call for city control of the transit system in an exciting Hunter College panel on Wednesday night.

Attendees at the second of eight Queens bus network redesign workshops got information about the MTA effort, and were allowed to submit recommendations. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

How Should the MTA Fix the Queens Bus Network? (No, Really, We’re Asking You)

By Streetsblog | May 15, 2019 | 3 Comments

Join Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. as he takes you inside a recent bus network redesign workshop.

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