Paging Mayor de Blasio — Fix Your Bus Lanes
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If good bus service was a priority for de Blasio, City Hall wouldn't let NYPD vehicles and delivery trucks obstruct bus lanes all over the city.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about TransitCenter
NYC Bus Service Isn’t Getting Better, and de Blasio’s Not Doing Much to Fix It
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NYC buses are still slowing down and ridership is in free fall, but Mayor de Blasio hasn't picked up the pace of projects that improve bus service.
What Will It Take to Rein in the MTA’s Outrageous Construction Costs?
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The solution starts at the top, with Governor Cuomo and MTA leadership.
Where Are the Gaps in Your Transit System?
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Where should your city aim to add transit service? A new data tool from the Center for Neighborhood Technology helps pinpoint these locations in cities around the U.S.
Advocates to MTA: No More Waffling on Citywide All-Door Bus Boarding
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The MTA should roll out all-door boarding concurrently with its new fare payment system, advocates testified at an MTA Board hearing today.
Congestion Pricing Was Unpopular in Stockholm — Until People Saw It in Action
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Stockholm transportation director Jonas Eliasson has some advice for New York politicians worried about diving into congestion pricing: Just do it. Eliasson steered the implementation of congestion pricing in Stockholm in 2006. From that vantage point, he watched a skeptical public quickly embrace the policy as soon as they saw it in action.