Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit

St. Louis Stunner Runs Away With the Vote for America’s Sorriest Bus Stop

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 13, 2015 | No Comments

In the end, it was never even close. This bus stop on Lindbergh Boulevard in suburban St. Louis won wire-to-wire in the voting for the Sorriest Bus Stop in America. There was plenty of worthy competition, but something stood out about this stick in the ground next to what seems to be a divided highway. The only […]

RPA: Growing Outer Boroughs Need New Generation of Transit Investment

By Stephen Miller | Feb 11, 2015 | 11 Comments

With the boroughs outside Manhattan adding people and jobs faster than the city core, New York needs to reorient its transit priorities, argues the Regional Plan Association in a new report. The authors warn that increasing travel in the other boroughs will strain the local bus system and lead more people to drive, causing more traffic congestion and […]

Bus Rapid Transit, Not Ferry Subsidies, Would Help Struggling New Yorkers

By Stephen Miller | Feb 3, 2015 | 34 Comments

In today’s State of the City address, Mayor de Blasio returned to his signature campaign issues of affordability and equity. Focusing mainly on housing, the mayor outlined a plan for growth centered around transit-accessible neighborhoods, and he recommitted to building several new Bus Rapid Transit routes. But de Blasio missed the mark with his big new transit initiative […]

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Man Walks 21 Miles to Commute Each Day Because of Detroit’s Awful Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 3, 2015 | No Comments

A piece in the Detroit Free Press about 56-year-old factory worker James Robertson and his 21-mile round-trip walking commute to the Detroit suburbs is going viral this week. It is both an amazing story of individual perseverance and a scathing indictment of a failing transportation system. Robertson’s total commute is actually a 46-mile round-trip, split between different […]

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Help Streetsblog Find the Sorriest Bus Stop in America

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 27, 2015 | No Comments

It’s contest time again, and competition is going to be stiff for this one. After handing out a Streetsie award for the best street transformation in America at the end of 2014, we’re going to do some good old public shaming this time: Help us find the most neglected, dangerous, and all around sorriest bus […]

Cuomo’s LaGuardia Train Would Be Slower Than Existing Transit

By Brad Aaron | Jan 21, 2015 | 80 Comments

The centerpiece of Governor Cuomo’s second-term transportation agenda for New York City isn’t closing the $15 billion gap in the MTA capital program or taking serious steps to relieve the city from suffocating traffic. Instead, Cuomo’s big idea is a new rail link to LaGuardia Airport. The idea captivated the Times and distracted from the meat […]

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