Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit Funding

The $10 billion East Side Access project is one big reason commuter rail gets a disproportionate share of expansion funding in the MTA's current capital plan. Chart: Manhattan Institute

Report: Subways and Buses Don’t Get Their Fair Share in MTA Capital Program

By David Meyer | Nov 17, 2017 | 7 Comments

The current MTA capital plan disproportionately funds commuter rail at the expense of the subways and buses that account for 93 percent of the agency's ridership - and those priorities should change.

Sanders and de Blasio on the A train this morning. Photo: Edwin J. Torres/Mayoral Photography Office

Bernie Sanders Throws His Weight Behind de Blasio’s Hollow Transit Populism

By David Meyer | Oct 30, 2017 | 25 Comments

"Our Revolution" won't overturn the status quo of free driving privileges, available only to the car-owning class, which clogs streets and slows down bus service in NYC.

Just 4 percent of outer borough workers car commute into Manhattan, and of those, the vast majority are from middle- or high-income households. Image: Community Service Society

De Blasio’s Wrong: Poor New Yorkers Stand to Gain a Lot From Congestion Pricing

By David Meyer | Oct 24, 2017 | 27 Comments

Hundreds of thousands of low-income New Yorkers stand to benefit from new transit funding, compared to just 5,000 who might pay tolls to car commute under the Move NY plan.

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The Transit Budget in Congress Only Looks Good in Comparison to Trump’s Threats

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 1, 2017 | No Comments

Back in March, the Trump administration released a budget proposal that included draconian cuts to transit. Now budget bills are moving through the GOP-controlled House and Senate, and while the threat to transit isn't as severe as what the administration was calling for, it's still alarming.

Jeffrey Dinowitz speaking at a rally with transit advocates in February. Photo: David Meyer

Q&A With Jeff Dinowitz on NYC’s Transit Crisis and What Assembly Dems Are Doing About It

By David Meyer | Jul 11, 2017 | 5 Comments

Streetsblog recently spoke to Dinowitz to find out what his constituents are telling him about transit service, how he plans to use his oversight role in the Assembly, and what he thinks must be done to turn around bus and subway service.

Riders Alliance Executive Director John Raskin and company outside Governor Cuomo's NYC offices last night. Photo: David Meyer

Riders Turn Up the Heat on Andrew Cuomo to Lead the MTA Out of This Subway Crisis

By David Meyer | Jun 29, 2017 | 5 Comments

Speaking in Manhattan this morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a "state of emergency" for the MTA, giving his newly-appointed agency chairman Joe Lhota 30 days to redesign the agency's organizational structure and 60 days to address shortcomings in the agency's $29 billion, five-year capital plan.

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