Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit Funding

The Evolution of PlaNYC: Transit, Tight Budgets, and the Sheridan

By Noah Kazis | Dec 15, 2010 | 3 Comments

Last week Streetsblog sat down with David Bragdon, the new head of the city’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, to talk about next year’s update of PlaNYC. A new version of the city’s sustainability plan is set to be released on Earth Day, 2011 (that’s April 22), revising the 2007 roadmap for a city […]

Despite New York’s Huge Transit Ridership, Albany Failing On Green Transpo

By Noah Kazis | Dec 14, 2010 | 8 Comments

New York State might be home to more transit riders than any other state, but when it comes to the transportation policies on the books, we don’t look quite so green. “Getting Back on Track,” a new report by Smart Growth America and the Natural Resources Defense Council, ranks New York 21st of all the […]

Legislature Passes on Deficit Fix, Putting MTA Raids In Cuomo’s Hands

By Noah Kazis | Dec 2, 2010 | No Comments

In Albany this week, legislative leaders declined to take action to close the state’s current $315 million budget deficit. That pushes the problem into 2011, when a new governor and likely a Republican State Senate will be in power. Whether dedicated MTA funds will still be used as a piggy bank, at the expense of […]

Ravitch: Tolls on Every Major Road Needed, Just to Keep Transpo Afloat

By Noah Kazis | Nov 18, 2010 | 10 Comments

Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch opens his new report on transportation funding in his characteristically blunt fashion: “New York State currently lacks the revenues necessary to maintain its transportation system in a state of good repair, and the State has no credible strategy for meeting future needs.” It doesn’t get any cheerier from there. Faced with […]

Is Cuomo’s Spending Cap the Real Threat to Transit Funding?

By Noah Kazis | Nov 12, 2010 | 5 Comments

With the threat of future raids on the MTA’s dedicated funds looming on the horizon, I spoke with Fiscal Policy Institute executive director Frank Mauro to continue our investigation of how to keep transit funding secure. Mauro agreed with Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign that there’s no good way to systematically prevent sweeps of […]

Cuomo Wants Budget Fix ASAP, So Another MTA Raid May Be Coming Soon

By Noah Kazis | Nov 10, 2010 | 2 Comments

If Andrew Cuomo has his way, the state legislature and Governor Paterson will close the state’s $315 million shortfall before he takes office. The push from the governor-elect means that in the next two months, New York state’s current leadership may again determine whether to close a budget gap by raiding MTA dedicated funds. Nearly […]

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