Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Chris Ward

If only installing modern subway signals made for a great photo-op, like dropping in on Second Avenue Subway construction. Photo: Flickr/NYS Governor's Office

When Will Cuomo Respond to the Distress Signals Coming From NYC’s Transit System?

By David Meyer | Mar 10, 2017 | 5 Comments

Congestion is growing and transit ridership is falling in NYC. But at a moment when transit desperately needs smart stewardship, the city's political leaders, especially Governor Andrew Cuomo, are nowhere to be found.

Panel: NYC Electeds Need to Get Serious About Funding Infrastructure

By Stephen Miller | Apr 23, 2014 | 4 Comments

This morning, the Association for a Better New York, a business group, hosted a discussion on the city’s infrastructure. The focus was squarely on transportation, and the message wasn’t pretty. Panelists warned of dire consequences if elected officials don’t act on the precarious state of transportation funding. Calling himself “the ghost of infrastructure past,” former traffic commissioner […]

Taking Stock of NYC Streets and Transit at Stringer’s Transpo Conference

By Josef Szende | Nov 21, 2011 | 2 Comments

Times have changed since Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer hosted a conference on transportation reform in 2006. Five years ago, New York City appeared to be on the verge of shaking off the traffic-first approach to street engineering that had dominated city transportation policy for decades. Whispers were in the air about a push to […]

Cuomo Names Patrick Foye to Head Port Authority

By Brad Aaron | Oct 19, 2011 | 3 Comments

As expected, Governor Cuomo has tapped Patrick Foye to replace Chris Ward as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Foye, Cuomo’s deputy secretary for economic development and an MTA board member, had been considered a contender since shortly after Ward announced plans to step down. An appointee of David […]

Chris Ward: NYC Truck Traffic “an Economic and Environmental Crisis”

By Noah Kazis | Oct 13, 2011 | 6 Comments

Speaking at the Municipal Art Society’s annual summit this afternoon, outgoing Port Authority chief Chris Ward said he wouldn’t be sending any parting shots at the New York region’s leaders, but he didn’t hold back from proposing some big and bold ideas. With only a few weeks left at the Port Authority, Ward issued a […]

Amid Christie and Cuomo Raids, Port Authority Plans Huge Fare and Toll Hike

By Noah Kazis | Aug 5, 2011 | 6 Comments

Crossing the Hudson River will get much more expensive under a proposed Port Authority plan to sharply increase tolls and fares on its four bridges, two tunnels and the PATH train. The increases are a result of the poor economy, the costs of rebuilding after the attacks of September 11, and the expensive repairs needed […]

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