Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about LIRR

Elected officials and transit advocates want to keep the LIRR within reach for city residents. Photo: MTA

Electeds And Advocates Ask MTA To Keep Expiring Atlantic Ticket Alive

By Dave Colon | May 13, 2020 | No Comments

Elected officials from Brooklyn and Queens and transit advocates are asking the MTA to let the good times roll for people using a discounted LIRR ticket.

Photo: Kevin Coughlin / Governor's Office

Op-Ed: Governor, Public Transit Doesn’t Need a Billionaire Techie

By Danny Pearlstein | May 8, 2020 | No Comments

Public transit doesn't need another billionaire disruptor with big ideas and a slide deck, governor.

This is a major problem. Photo: Kate Hinds

The Subway Ridership Collapse — In Three Charts

By Streetsblog | Mar 23, 2020 | No Comments

Todd Schneider created a graphic representation of the subway system's freefall in ridership. It's pretty scary.

Queens Council Member Costa Constantinides is running for Borough President with an ambitious transit and safe streets platform. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Costa Constantinides: Break the Car Culture of Queens — With Better Transit and More Biking!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 10, 2020 | No Comments

"Our borough is long overdue for a holistic transit plan that provides reliable bus and subway service to get people out of their cars," said the would-be Queens borough president. Vote on March 24.

Op-Ed: Commuter-Train Fare Cut Doesn’t Help Low-Income New Yorkers

By Samuel Santaella | Mar 4, 2020 | No Comments

Even with an intracity discount, the MTA continues to prop up a system of transit Apartheid.

Count AOC skeptical about the FAA's explanations for why it ruled out alternatives to the Port Authority's preferred AirTrain route.

AOC to FAA: Not Good Enough on LaGuardia AirTrain

By Eve Kessler | Feb 19, 2020 | No Comments

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t buying the Federal Aviation Administration’s rationale for discarding alternatives to the LaGuardia AirTrain.

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