Dave Colon

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SMILE! M14 Ridership Is Up As More Camera Enforcement Comes to the Busway

By Dave Colon | Nov 21, 2019 | No Comments

The Busway just keeps rolling, and car owners are staying on the run.

Parting Shots: Mayor’s Departing MTA Board Member Calls de Blasio ‘Reactive’

By Dave Colon | Nov 20, 2019 | No Comments

Delaware's gain is New York City's loss.

Assembly Member Robert Carroll and a police officer from the 66th Precinct at Monday night's street safety town hall. Photo: Katherine Willis

Bad Lieutenants: NYPD Has No Answers At Street Safety Town Hall

By Dave Colon | Nov 20, 2019 | No Comments

Same old NYPD.

One year from today, we could find out what our zone will be like.

Advocates: MTA Board Must Get Moving On Congestion Pricing Details

By Dave Colon | Nov 18, 2019 | No Comments

One year from today, we could be finding out congestion pricing details, provided the MTA Board actually convenes the board in charge of those decisions.

Cops and cops and cops and cops are all over the subways. Photo: Caitlin Plaut

MTA Will Spend $249M On New Cops to Save $200M on Fare Evasion

By Dave Colon | Nov 14, 2019 | No Comments

Guess this is why they don't call it the Mathematics Transportation Authority.

When Citi Bike unveiled its electric bikes, the world was overjoyed. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Lyft Still Insists E-Citi Bikes Will Be Back By Fall

By Dave Colon | Nov 12, 2019 | No Comments

What are we, chopped liver?

Elsa, the churro saleswoman detained by cops in a video that went viral, rallied with supporters on Monday. Photo: Dave Colon

'Churro Crackdown' Should End Cuomo's 500 Cop Plan

By Dave Colon | Nov 11, 2019 | No Comments

Never have so many people disagreed about something so basic — whether the city should allocate expensive police resources to detain and harass people who sell churros in the subway.

Kiss Me On The Bus(way): A Mass Transportation Playlist

By Dave Colon | Nov 8, 2019 | No Comments

What we need is music to remind us of the joy, the efficiency and yes, the messiness of the bus and the train. And we at Streetsblog have put together a whole playlist about our humble transit system. Give a listen!