Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Joe Lhota

This is how Transport for London communicates the impact of bus delays on riders — in minutes, a metric everyone can grasp. Image: Mark O’Donovan/TfL

Five Ways the MTA Can Gain the Confidence of Transit Riders

By David Meyer | Jul 12, 2017 | 12 Comments

New MTA chair Joe Lhota is promising a public-facing dashboard that functions as a "report card" on the agency's performance. Here's what would make it a useful tool to improve accountability and build trust with riders.

Gov. Cuomo. Photo: Governor’s Office/Flickr

Step One Toward Fixing the Subway: Be Honest

By Alon Levy | Jul 6, 2017 | 23 Comments

What would it look like if Cuomo and Lhota stopped making gestures and started exercising real leadership at the MTA? Here are three steps that could make a difference for subway service.

MTA Chair Joe Lhota. Photo: MTA/Marc Hermann via Wikimedia Commons

Joe Lhota Is Cuomo’s MTA Chief, Again, Sort Of

By Ben Fried | Jun 22, 2017 | 2 Comments

Late yesterday, Andrew Cuomo nominated former MTA chief Joe Lhota to resume the role at a time when the agency is grappling with a decline in reliability that has reached crisis proportions. Lhota was hastily confirmed by the State Senate as the 2017 legislative session came to an end last night.

“Vision Zero,” or Zero Vision? De Blasio Says “Jury’s Out” on Midtown Plazas

By Stephen Miller | Oct 23, 2013 | 40 Comments

Bill de Blasio, who adopted an aggressive street safety platform during the Democratic mayoral primary, reverted back to a livable streets skeptic at last night’s mayoral debate. The mayoral frontrunner claimed “the jury’s out” on the city’s popular Midtown pedestrian plazas, which among other benefits have led to dramatic reductions in pedestrian injuries. Republican candidate Joe […]

Ignoring Dozens of CB Votes, Lhota Says Bike Lanes Drop From the Sky

By Stephen Miller | Oct 22, 2013 | 24 Comments

When it comes to bicycling, Joe Lhota has a penchant for ignoring facts in favor of opinions. As Hurricane Sandy approached landfall, the then-MTA chief tweeted a photo of a man riding in a shared lane on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, implying that bike lanes are to blame for bike-bus crashes. This May, he […]

Transportation Mainly a Pocketbook Issue at First Mayoral Debate

By Brad Aaron | Oct 16, 2013 | 1 Comment

Transportation didn’t get much airtime during last night’s debate between Bill de Blasio and Joe Lhota, but the candidates did trade a few jabs. Over the course of the debate, which aired on WABC, the pair fielded a handful of questions on MTA fares, traffic enforcement, waste management, and development — with Lhota at one […]

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