Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit

Stuck With Slow Bus Service? Cuomo Is Completely Oblivious to Your Pain

By Ben Fried | Jul 21, 2016 | 23 Comments

You can tell Governor Cuomo doesn’t get on a New York City bus unless it’s for a photo-op about on-board USB ports. The latest evidence came yesterday, after a coalition of transit advocates released a major report on the deterioration of bus service in New York City. With bus speeds declining, ridership has dropped 16 percent […]

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The “Choice” vs. “Captive” Transit Rider Dichotomy Is All Wrong

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 12, 2016 | No Comments

The conventional wisdom about transit often divides riders into two neat categories: “choice” riders — higher-income people with cars — and “captive” riders — lower-income people who must use transit because they don’t own cars. But this framework can undermine good transit, according to a new report from TransitCenter [PDF]. In the attempt to cater only to “choice” riders or “captive” […]

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Park & Rides Lose Money and Waste Land — But Agencies Keep Building Them

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 5, 2016 | No Comments

Transit agencies shell out big bucks to build and operate parking facilities. But how much do we really know about what they get for their money? Researchers Lisa Jacobson and Rachel Weinberger surveyed 37 American transit agencies about park-and-ride facilities. They found that despite the expense of park-and-rides and the fact that many spaces go unused, […]

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“Opportunity Score” Shows Best Places to Find a Job Without Owning a Car

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 28, 2016 | No Comments

Which places put economic opportunity within reach for residents who don’t own cars? There’s a new tool to evaluate housing locations according to the accessibility of jobs via transit and walking. Redfin, the company that runs Walk Score, today released “Opportunity Score,” which ranks millions of addresses across 350 cities based on the number of jobs within a 30-minute walk […]

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Send Us Your Nominations for the Sorriest Bus Stop in America

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 22, 2016 | No Comments

Streetsblog’s “Sorriest Bus Stop in America” contest is back by popular demand. Last year, readers nominated dozens of forlorn bus stops to call attention to the daily indignities and dangers that bus riders have to put up with. This sad, windswept patch of grass between two highway-like roads in a St. Louis inner suburb took the […]

Ryan Russo on DOT’s “Mobility Report” and the Need for Better Bus Service

By David Meyer | Jun 10, 2016 | 3 Comments

DOT’s “New York City Mobility Report” [PDF], released earlier this week, is the agency’s first overview of NYC transportation trends in three years. As the number of people and jobs in the city has grown prodigiously in the past five years, DOT reports, the subway system and, increasingly, the bike network have allowed more New Yorkers to get […]

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