Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit Funding

Affordable Bus and Subway Fares Are Still Worth Fighting For

By John Petro | Jul 24, 2014 | 62 Comments

When the MTA introduced the 30-day unlimited-ride MetroCard in 1998, it cost $63. Today the cost of the 30-day pass is up to $112, a 77 percent increase. Over that time the base subway and bus fare doubled, from $1.25 to $2.50. Meanwhile, wage growth has lagged. The average wage in the five boroughs increased […]

Hints About Woodhaven BRT at MTA Reinvention Commission Panel

By Stephen Miller | Jul 16, 2014 | 5 Comments

The “transportation reinvention commission” convened at the request of Governor Andrew Cuomo kicked off its public hearings yesterday with a panel of experts at MTA headquarters. Appointees, still trying to figure out the commission’s exact role, chewed over some of the region’s big transportation issues in a discussion that mostly lacked specifics. Still, there were […]

Four Tough Problems the MTA Reinvention Commission Needs to Tackle

By John Petro | Jul 1, 2014 | 6 Comments

Governor Cuomo’s MTA Reinvention Commission met for the first time last week at the agency’s midtown headquarters. Cuomo has charged the 22-member commission with developing a plan “to make our subways and our entire transit system ready for the challenges of the next century.” The commission’s recommendations are expected to shape the MTA’s next capital […]

City Council: Drivers With Free On-Street Parking Have Suffered Enough

By Stephen Miller | Jun 30, 2014 | 15 Comments

It may be the Vision Zero era, but some things never change. If you’re looking for cost-free, consequence-free storage of your private automobile in public space, the City Council still has your back. The bill under consideration today by the City Council’s transportation committee, to nibble away at alternate side parking restrictions, may not be […]

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Why the Senate Transportation Bill Will Devastate Transit

By Tanya Snyder | May 22, 2014 | No Comments

Transit officials lined up today to make clear that holding transit spending at current levels — as the Senate’s transportation authorization bill does — will put transit systems at risk of falling further into dangerous disrepair. The backlog for transit maintenance and replacement stands “conservatively” at $86 billion, according to the Federal Transit Administration. That […]

Questions Linger Over Cuomo’s Tappan Zee Transit Plans

By Stephen Miller | Apr 30, 2014 | 5 Comments

On Monday, Governor Cuomo announced that the state would provide $20 million for transit service across the new Tappan Zee Bridge, and is applying for a federal grant as well. While this first step is welcome news, there are still more questions than answers about what this money will pay for and how the rest of […]

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