Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit

Transit and Equity Advocate Stephanie Pollack to Lead MassDOT

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 14, 2015 | No Comments

Stephanie Pollack was one of the first transportation experts who made a serious impression on me. A few weeks after I started working at Streetsblog, at my first Rail~volution conference, she gave a presentation on the complex relationship between transit, gentrification, and car ownership. Her energy, intellectual rigor, and passion for social justice were apparent […]

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Talking Headways Podcast: The Year Ahead in Transit, With Yonah Freemark

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 13, 2015 | No Comments

Think you’re all caught up on the latest transit news? Listening to Yonah Freemark of the Transport Politic and Jeff Wood of the Overhead Wire (my lovely co-host) geek out on the transit construction projects of 2014 and 2015 is a humbling, and surprisingly energizing, experience. You can prep for this episode by reading Yonah’s […]

Bus Lanes Worked Wonders on East 125th. Now What About the West Side?

By Stephen Miller | Jan 12, 2015 | 20 Comments

Since debuting last year, Select Bus Service on 125th Street has dramatically improved transit speeds, especially on the section with dedicated bus lanes east of Lenox Avenue, according to NYC DOT and the MTA. The results strengthen the case for adding bus lanes west of Lenox, which DOT had scuttled in 2013 in response to resistance […]

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Will Maryland Gov-Elect Larry Hogan Kill the Red and Purple Lines?

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 7, 2015 | No Comments

Seeing shovel-ready transit projects destroyed by petty politics has been all too common the last few years (see: Scott Walker and Wisconsin high-speed rail, or Chris Christie and the ARC tunnel). Even so, this one’s a doozy. Maryland Governor-elect Larry Hogan has the power to halt two major urban transit projects that have the planning […]

Stuck in the Middle: When Transit-Dependent Communities Lack Good Transit

By Stephen Miller | Jan 6, 2015 | 65 Comments

New Yorkers who live close to the center of town are mostly affluent and have great transit options connecting them to a wealth of job opportunities. On the edges of town, people are not quite as well-off, and most can get to work by driving their own cars. In between are the least affluent neighborhoods, […]

More People Get to Fulton Street By Bike Than By Car

By Stephen Miller | Dec 1, 2014 | 15 Comments

When shop owners oppose new plazas or protected bike lanes, even in the city’s most walkable neighborhoods, they often say their businesses rely on street parking to attract customers. Removing even a handful of spaces, they claim, would lead to economic ruin. The reality, of course, is that an overwhelming majority of New Yorkers don’t drive to do their shopping, […]

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