Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit

Sometimes you just need a montage with question marks. Graphic: Streetsblog Photoshop Desk

SIC TRANSIT GLORIA: Gov. Hochul Suddenly Raises Questions about Congestion Pricing at Debate

By Dave Colon | Jun 8, 2022 | No Comments

Here we groan again.

Pity the poor bus rider. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman. Poster: Courtney Menard

New York City’s Slowest-in-the-Nation Buses are a Poster Child for Failure

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 7, 2022 | No Comments

And the poster offers the most damning visual symbol for our bus system: turtles!

This will simultaneously get better, and worse, to ride inside the city. Photo: MTA

Proposed New LIRR Service to Brooklyn Relies on Dreaded Platform F

By Dave Colon | Jun 6, 2022 | No Comments

Trains to and from Brooklyn will mostly work as shuttles between Atlantic Terminal and Jamaica, arriving and leaving at a designated platform on the southernmost side of the Jamaica hub. Damn.

Eric Adams channeled Joyce's Molly Bloom at the ABNY breakfast yesterday. Photo: Mayor's Office

Thursday’s Headlines: ‘City of Yes’ Edition

By Eve Kessler | Jun 2, 2022 | No Comments

The mayor hints that he might get rid of outdated parking mandates. Plus other news.

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Will ‘Autonomous’ Buses Force Drivers Out of a Job — Or Make Them More Important Than Ever?

By Kea Wilson | Jun 1, 2022 | No Comments

Automated vehicle technology could improve labor conditions for bus drivers while improving safety and service for transit passengers and city-dwellers alike — but only if regulators act now, a new analysis argues.

A montage of MTA bike stuff (from top left corner): A rare bus with a bike rack, a traffic jam on the substandard Marine Parkway Bridge, the Oonee mini at Grand Central and a sign on the Triboro Bridge.

MTA Promises to Do Better on Bike and Pedestrian Access — And Needs Your Help

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 27, 2022 | No Comments

It's no longer a bridge too far.

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