Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit

One Mindblowing Fact Missing From BuzzFeed’s Port Authority Listicle

By Stephen Miller | Jul 25, 2014 | 22 Comments

Earlier this week, BuzzFeed gleaned some fun facts about the Hudson River bridges and tunnels from a Port Authority data dump on the number of eastbound automobiles, buses, and trucks. If you took the numbers at face value, you might be left with the impression that cars are the most important thing moving around New York. But when […]

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Building Cloverleafs Won’t Inspire Americans to Pay More for Transportation

By Ben Ross | Jul 23, 2014 | No Comments

Originally posted at Dissent. The federal transportation fund is running out of money, threatening the country with potholes, stopped construction, and economic downturn. Congress, which has kept the program solvent with short-term patches for years, now finds itself unable to do more than buy a few months’ time. Mainstream opinion pins the blame for this state […]

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The Secrets of Successful Transit Projects — Revealed!

By Payton Chung | Jul 10, 2014 | No Comments

All across America, cities are investing in new transit lines. Which of these routes will make the biggest impact by attracting large numbers of new riders? A landmark report from a team of researchers with the University of California at Berkeley identifies the factors that set successful transit investments apart from the rest. The secret sauce is fairly […]

City Council: Drivers With Free On-Street Parking Have Suffered Enough

By Stephen Miller | Jun 30, 2014 | 15 Comments

It may be the Vision Zero era, but some things never change. If you’re looking for cost-free, consequence-free storage of your private automobile in public space, the City Council still has your back. The bill under consideration today by the City Council’s transportation committee, to nibble away at alternate side parking restrictions, may not be […]

Every Bus Should Get Priority at NYC Traffic Signals

By John Petro | Jun 19, 2014 | 12 Comments

New York City buses serve more than two million trips on an average weekday — more than twice the ridership as Los Angeles, which has the nation’s second-largest bus system. And yet the city’s buses are also notoriously slow and unreliable. Gridlocked traffic, long boarding queues, and the succession of traffic lights bog down surface transit in NYC […]

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A Decade of Growth for Transit-Accessible Neighborhoods in America

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 11, 2014 | No Comments

The first decade of the millennium saw significant growth for transit in America. From 2000 to 2010, the number of regions with fixed-guideway transit — rail systems or bus systems with dedicated lanes — grew from 27 to 40. And ridership followed. In the period beginning in 1995 and ending in 2008, total American transit ridership […]

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