Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit Funding

Cuomo Tax Deal Could Leave $320M in MTA Funding on Shaky Ground

By Noah Kazis | Dec 7, 2011 | No Comments

As the details of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s MTA tax deal take shape — they’ve been in flux all day — it appears that transit service could be imperiled, if not immediately then in the long-term. Essentially, Cuomo seems set to turn $320 million in dedicated MTA revenue into discretionary funding, a recipe for it to […]

Cuomo Deal Will Cut Payroll Tax, Reimburse MTA, Create Infrastructure Fund

By Noah Kazis | Dec 6, 2011 | 3 Comments

The details of Governor Cuomo’s economic plan, which includes both tax reform and a new infrastructure fund, were released today with support from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. One of the MTA’s most important revenue streams is seriously affected by the tax reforms. The payroll mobility tax will be cut by […]

Public-Private Partnerships Won’t Solve New York’s Transpo Funding Crisis

By Noah Kazis | Dec 5, 2011 | 7 Comments

Governor Andrew Cuomo sent out an “editorial” this weekend putting infrastructure investment at the center of his job creation agenda. In a rough outline, the governor touted public-private partnerships (or PPPs, as they’re known) as a key mechanism to pay for “the repair and development of highways, bridges and major construction projects.” It also happens […]

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Mapped: How Federal Funding Fails to Match Demand for Transit in the U.S.

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 29, 2011 | No Comments

How much is New York’s Second Avenue Subway estimated to cost? What transit lines really make up LA’s ambitious 30/10 initiative? Besides the silver line to Dulles Airport, which may or may not ever be completed, what other changes are projected for DC’s metro system? And what’s all this construction in Fort Worth? The answers […]

Transit Deserts Leave New Yorkers Thirsting for Access to Jobs

By Dani Simons | Nov 22, 2011 | 8 Comments

Much progress has been made in the five years since Scott Stringer’s first transportation conference, but many transit riders are still wandering in the “transportation deserts” that were the focus of one afternoon panel at the Manhattan borough president’s follow-up event, Transportation 2030, this past Friday. Transportation deserts include neighborhoods from City Island in the […]

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What Will the Senate Bill’s Transit Section Look Like?

By Katie Pearce | Nov 22, 2011 | No Comments

Though the House Republicans are stealing the show these days with their endeavor to tie infrastructure funding to oil drilling, let’s not forget there’s a serious, bipartisan transportation reauthorization bill out there that actually has a chance of passage: the Senate’s MAP-21. On its path toward a full Senate vote, that two-year bill is paused […]

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