Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit

This is what happens when transit is bad. Photo: Lorraine Cink/Twitter

Report: Transit Riders — Especially People of Color and the Poor — Will Be Especially Screwed by Federal Cuts

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 29, 2020 | No Comments

People of color, the poor, and New York's hardest-working residents would be disproportionately affected by transit cuts if the MTA doesn't get a cash infusion fast, a new report reveals.

No one wants to spend time on crowded buses in the age of COVID. Transit Signal Priority could help speed the buses, but the city has stalled on rolling it out. Photo: Adam Light

OPINION: Give Buses Signal Priority — Now!

By Samuel Santaella | Sep 29, 2020 | No Comments

The DOT's laborious process is holding up a sensible measure that will speed transit and could make riders safer in the age of COVID.

What we get when we subsidize cars: More of them.

OPINION: CityRise Will Step Up for Streets When the Mayor Won’t

By Mark Gorton | Sep 24, 2020 | No Comments

A civic group seeks quick, practical solutions to the post-COVID "carmegeddon" — and support for struggling retail businesses at the same time.

Congress Sells Out Non-Drivers by Reauthorizing FAST Act

By Kea Wilson | Sep 23, 2020 | No Comments

Congress passed a short-term spending bill that will renew funding for our existing car-focused infrastructure, missing an opportunity to reform a broken system that's killing our planet and its people.

DOT Again Scrubs Fifth Ave. Busway Forum After Pushback

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 23, 2020 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation abruptly cancelled a presentation about the now-delayed (and watered-down) Fifth Avenue busway that had been set for Monday night.

This is what mayoral leadership looks like. File photo: Ed Reed/Mayor's office

EDITORIAL: Hey, Mr. Mayor, Ride the Freakin’ Subway or Get on the Damn Bus

By Streetsblog | Sep 22, 2020 | No Comments

Leadership means leading. If the mayor wants to restore confidence in the public transit system, he should show us all how much confidence he has in the system. By using it.

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