Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit Funding

Pressure Builds Upstate for Cuomo to Sign Transit Lockbox Bill

By Stephen Miller | Aug 30, 2013 | 2 Comments

The transit lockbox bill, which would help safeguard dedicated transportation funds by requiring the state to disclose the impact of transit raids, still awaits a signature from Governor Cuomo following unanimous Senate and Assembly votes earlier this year. Now, two upstate newspapers are calling on the governor to sign the bill. A previous version of the […]

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Rasmussen: Americans Want More Federal Support for Transit

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 9, 2013 | No Comments

Rasmussen Reports, the polling firm that got the 2012 election completely wrong, asked 1,000 Americans last week how they feel about public transportation [PDF]. The takeaway they reported was this: “74% Rarely or Never Use Mass Transit.” On the flip side, 6 percent said they used transit every day or nearly every day, and another […]

IBO: MTA Fares on Pace to Rise 50 Percent Over Next Decade

By Stephen Miller | Jul 30, 2013 | 2 Comments

The 2009 MTA funding package passed by Albany included a plan to increase fares and tolls every other year. The most recent of those fare hikes, implemented in March, increased fares 8.4 percent, with the MTA anticipating another increase in 2015. If this pattern continued for the next decade, fares would rise 50 percent, to […]

Will Cuomo Sign the Transit Lockbox Bill?

By Stephen Miller | Jun 20, 2013 | 2 Comments

The transit lockbox bill, which would require Albany to disclose the impacts of any raid of dedicated transit funds, passed both the Senate and Assembly unanimously in the final days of the legislative session, reports the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. It now heads to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s desk. A nearly identical bill reached Cuomo in 2011, […]

After Unanimous Senate Vote, Transit Lockbox Bill Heads to Assembly

By Stephen Miller | Jun 13, 2013 | 2 Comments

Albany has long used the MTA as a piggy bank, raiding dedicated transit funds on a regular basis to cover gaps in the state budget. As a result, straphangers are squeezed as transit agencies resort to fare hikes and service cuts to make up the difference. Legislative attempts to crack down on transit raids have […]

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In Colorado, a Big Legal Victory for Active Transportation Funding

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 26, 2013 | No Comments

Believe it or not, in many U.S. states one of the biggest obstacles to active transportation is in the constitution. Embedded in the constitutions of 22 U.S. states are bans on spending gas tax revenues and/or vehicle registration fees on anything but highways and bridges. That means no matter how much practical value a sidewalk, busway, […]

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