MTA Finances Grow Even Shakier Under GOP House
The assault on the MTA's already battered finances could now come from yet another front: the federal government. The new Republican majority in the House of Representatives passed a rule Wednesday that would allow reductions in federal transportation spending, including investment in transit. That puts previously secure federal funds on the negotiating table, making it that much harder for the MTA to balance its books.
January 7, 2011
Canal Street Report Recommends Wider Sidewalks, Smarter Parking
Canal Street, to put it mildly, is due for a makeover. The street is clogged with traffic from the Holland Tunnel and the un-tolled Manhattan Bridge. Pedestrians jostle for space on the packed sidewalks, and they're especially at risk of getting hit by a car, according to the city's Pedestrian Safety Study.
January 6, 2011
DOT Pursues Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance, Which Could Cut Traffic
It could reduce driving statewide by more than eleven percent, put money in the pocket of two-thirds of the state's motorists and put little to no strain on the government budget. That sounds-too-good-to-be-true idea is called pay-as-you-drive insurance, and the city DOT is looking into how it might work in New York.
January 5, 2011
With 34th Street Design Due in Spring, CB 6 Is Ready For Busway to Fail
A preliminary design for the proposed 34th Street Transitway is due this spring, DOT said officials at a community board meeting last night.
January 4, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Taxi Crashes Into Upper West Side Bus Stop
A taxi driver plowed onto the sidewalk at the corner of 72nd Street and Columbus Avenue this morning, knocking into a signpole marking a stop for the crosstown bus. Lisa Sladkus of the Upper West Side Streets Renaissance was there and snapped this picture.
January 3, 2011
Today’s Headlines
How the Holiday Blizzard Paralyzed NYC (NYT, News) Plowing Slowed By Abandoned Vehicles… (NYT 1, 2) …But Post, David Greenfield Blast Bloomberg For Clearing Bike Lanes (Post 1, 2, Yeshiva World News) Tri-State’s Welcome Letter to Cuomo: Reform NYS DOT, Focus on Buses (MTR) NY1‘s New Yorker Of The Year: Janette Sadik-Khan New Yorkers Now Pay More For Transportation, From … Continued
January 3, 2011
Census Data Show More New Yorkers Opting for Transit Instead of Driving
Significantly more New Yorkers are counting on trains and buses to get to work than at the beginning of the decade, according to new information from the U.S. Census. The data confirms the trend toward transit identified in NYC DOT's Sustainable Streets Index and offers a fascinating portrait of how New Yorkers' commute habits have changed in the last 10 years. Streetsblog's analysis shows that commuters are shifting away from the automobile across the state.
December 21, 2010