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Dave Colon

Email Dave Colon at dcolon@streetsblog.org

Recent Posts

Just walking onto the bus: Cheaper than you might have thought? Photo: Kevin Duggan

Independent Budget Office: Fare-Free Buses Would Cost $652M

By Dave Colon | Feb 23, 2023 | No Comments
The city's independent budget wonks have entered the free buses fray with an analysis of their very own — estimating the cost of eliminating bus fares to be lower than either supporters or skeptics of the proposal have suggested.
The MTA's redesign of the Bronx bus network is paying off for riders, according to officials. Photo: MTA

Boogie Up: Bronx Bus Speeds And Ridership Jump After Network Redesign

By Dave Colon | Feb 22, 2023 | No Comments
Bronx buses moved faster — and increased ridership — after the MTA's route redesign, even as average bus speeds remained flat citywide.
All-door boarding at Rockaway Boulevard.  You still can't do this on almost every bus. Photo: David Meyer

MTA’s All-Door Boarding Pilot Still Nixed For Some Reason

By Dave Colon | Feb 21, 2023 | No Comments
"[MTA leadership] is stuck, and because the policies aren't catching up with the reality and what's best, in a sense, they're choking the system," says a transit union boss.
Mayor Adams isn't keen on Gov. Hochul asking for $500 million to close the MTA's budget gap. Photos: Kevin Duggan/Dave Colon

Adams To Albany: Someone Fund The MTA; Albany To Adams: Someone Fund The MTA

By Dave Colon and Kevin Duggan | Feb 16, 2023 | No Comments
The fight to fill the MTA's fiscal hole is entering the dreaded Punt Zone, where elected officials from the governor and the State Legislature to the mayor all unite to say someone else has got to solve their problem.
A Coaster Cycles cargo bike is nimble and small — and just 48 inches wide (and currently illegal).

V-DAY SPECIAL: Bigger Cargo Bikes and Last-Mile Warehouse Regulation is a Match Made In Heaven

By Dave Colon | Feb 14, 2023 | No Comments
A pair of bills in Albany tackle each issue separately — but are a match made in heaven, according to advocates and insiders.
A line of cars belonging to regular toll cheats that the MTA seized on Wednesday. Photo: Dave Colon

Big Catch: MTA Nabs Almost $1M from Toll Evaders in One Day

By Dave Colon | Feb 10, 2023 | No Comments
The MTA announced confiscated cars belonging to 36 "persistent" toll scofflaws at its bridges and tunnels on Wednesday, including a whopping 28 at the Whitestone Bridge alone.
Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, who won the race up the steps and therefore gets the spotlight treatment for the story art. Photo: Dave Colon

ON THEIR MARKS: Legislators Demand More from Hochul’s MTA Budget Proposal

By Dave Colon | Feb 5, 2023 | No Comments
On your mark, get set, go ... tell the governor to do better.
Gov. Hochul talks up her Fiscal Year 2024 budget. Photo: Dave Colon

Gov. Hochul Fills Cash-Strapped MTA’s Fiscal Hole … With Casino Money

By Dave Colon | Feb 2, 2023 | No Comments
It's a story that will likely be repeated all over the country as cash-strapped transit systems have to figure out what to do as federal Covid relief money dries up ... and riders have not fully returned.
MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber wants Mayor Adams to build more bus lanes. Photo: Dave Colon

MTA Boss: City Must Meet Its ‘Commitment’ to Bus Lanes This Year

By Dave Colon | Jan 31, 2023 | No Comments
A promise made has to be a promise kept.
City Council Member Tiffany Cabán (at podium), with Council Members Amanda Farías and Christopher Marte, asking what's the deal with mass transit funding. Photo: Dave Colon

Council Members Join Push For Six-Minute Transit Service And Free Buses

By Dave Colon | Jan 27, 2023 | No Comments
A huge chunk of the City Council supports better transit!
Light rail is the option. But what about our other questions?

Your Unanswered Questions on the Interborough Express, Answered

By Dave Colon | Jan 24, 2023 | No Comments
Well, the MTA has answered one question about the future of the Interborough Express by picking light rail, but don't worry, we still have plenty of other questions. And some answers!
This has a task force now

Task Farce Delta: City Hall Also Has Its Own Electric Micromobility Panel

By Dave Colon | Jan 18, 2023 | No Comments
The task force so nice they did it twice.
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