Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about TSTC

The city needs even more of these kinds of protected bike lanes, 13 groups demand in a letter to the city. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Cyclists Demand More Bike Lanes, Less Community Boards and Even Some Roads of their Own

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 18, 2019 | 7 Comments

One hundred miles of protected bike lanes in two years. No cars on some key routes for cyclists. Less engagement with community boards. And no more delays in life-saving road redesigns "for non-transportation-related political reasons." It's a start.

NYCT President Andy Byford may have more time for sweeping water out of stations, if a proposed MTA reorganization plan is accepted.

MTA’s $4M Reorganization Plan Shifts Around Some Deck Chairs

By Dave Colon | Jul 15, 2019 | 1 Comment

The public's first look at the proposal for MTA II shows a focus on consolidation that could take power from subway chief Andy Byford.

Byford, in happier days. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

The Rumor Mill: Separating Fact from Fiction in Andrew Cuomo’s Bid to Sideline Andy Byford

By Dave Colon | Jul 4, 2019 | 4 Comments

As the MTA hurtles towards a huge reorganization, no one knows what the next phase of the MTA will actually look like, or who will get to run what.

The city is being sued over the busway. Photo: Google Maps

Busway Blues: Judge Halts City’s Transit Plan for 14th Street

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 28, 2019 | 32 Comments

A judge has ordered the city to halt its plans to convert a long stretch of 14th Street into a bus route — dashing, at least for now, a basic improvement of service for long-suffering transit riders.

Photo: Marc A. Hermann/MTA New York City Transit

Transit Advocates to Cuomo: Don’t Keep Us in the Dark

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 18, 2019 | 3 Comments

Dear Governor, can you make sure you fix the MTA right?

Congestion pricing supporter Senator Brian Benjamin rolls his eyes as his Assembly colleague Rodneyse Bichotte says she opposes the plan because it supposedly is a tax on working people (it's not). Photo: Mayor's office

If Congestion Pricing Fails, Remember These Insane Comments by Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 21, 2019 | 28 Comments

More wrongheadedness and fealty to the car-owning minority from a Brooklyn Assembly Member.

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