Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit Funding

In State Budget, Tax Receipts Giveth to MTA, and Cuomo Taketh Away

By Stephen Miller | Mar 29, 2013 | 3 Comments

Earlier this week, there was good news for transit riders: MTA tax receipts came in higher than expected, providing up to $40 million in additional revenue this year. While the MTA isn’t scheduled to update its budget until summer, there is already talk of using the money to restore cuts or expand service. But the […]

Ravitch: The Next Mayor Must Get Serious About Congestion Pricing

By Stephen Miller | Mar 5, 2013 | 5 Comments

The next mayor will have to take the lead on transportation funding challenges that, while difficult to address in campaign speeches, are critical to the city’s future, former lieutenant governor and MTA chairman Richard Ravitch said today at a Fordham University infrastructure forum. Ravitch said that while raising fares to cover the MTA’s operating expenses is […]

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Budget Sequester Could Throw a Wrench Into Transit Expansion Projects

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 28, 2013 | No Comments

The consequences of the near-certain sequester for aviation have been well publicized by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s recent media blitz, but less well-known are the effects for surface transportation. LaHood broke that silence in a memo to department staff earlier this week and released yesterday by Politico, warning that even after taking measures like “instituting hiring freezes, cutting contracts, […]

What Andrew Cuomo Could Learn About Transit From Deval Patrick

By Stephen Miller | Feb 27, 2013 | 3 Comments

As New Yorkers wait to find out if Governor Cuomo is even thinking about finding someone to chair the MTA, his lack of attention to transit stands in stark contrast to another northeastern governor — one who in the past six months not only named a new transit head, but also released a plan to fund […]

At Transit Forum, Albanese, Allon, and Carrión Support Rational Tolls

By Stephen Miller | Feb 25, 2013 | 5 Comments

Friday’s transit forum hosted by Transit Workers Union Local 100 and a coalition of rider advocacy groups offered an opportunity for a more more detailed discussion of transit policy than this year’s mayoral race has seen so far. While the candidates offered few specifics about how they would improve transit for the millions of New Yorkers who depend on […]

TSTC: Cuomo Budget Would Raid $20 Million From the MTA

By Ben Fried | Feb 6, 2013 | 6 Comments

If you thought Albany had gotten over the habit of raiding the MTA for cash, think again. Nadine Lemmon at the Tri-State Transportation Campaign reports that there’s a $20 million transit raid lurking in Governor Cuomo’s 2013 executive budget: This $20 million diversion of funds comes from a pot of money that is statutorily dedicated […]

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