Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

This guy might want to do it. Photo: Dave Colon

Who Wants To Give The MTA Half A Billion Dollars?

By Dave Colon | Jan 28, 2022 | No Comments

Is the MTA in financial trouble or not? Yes. Gov. Hochul’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget devotes some extra scratch to the financially strapped MTA, in the form $6.6 billion in operating aid from both state taxes and dedicated funds. That overall operating aid comes in higher than the $6.2 billion that the agency was going […]

Lieber answers Duggan's question at the meeting.

Thursday’s Headlines: Little Love From Lieber Edition

By Eve Kessler | Jan 27, 2022 | No Comments

The MTA's chief gets tart-tongued with a reporter. Plus other news.

Overnight Cleaning

WHAT IS TO BE DONE? Experts Discuss Subway Crime, Death, Homelessness

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 26, 2022 | No Comments

"There will be a humanitarian crisis until we pay to solve it," said one activist.

Things cost a lot.

THE PRICE IS WRONG: Four Takeaways From The MTA’s Cost Comparisons Report

By Dave Colon | Jan 25, 2022 | No Comments

MTA efficiency does not stack up very well compared to cousin transit agencies around the country and the globe, a new report shows.

A piece of the Bay Ridge Branch in Brooklyn, looking east. Photo: Dave Colon

ANALYSIS: Gov. Hochul’s ‘Bi-Boro’ Train Line: How Will it Work?

By Dave Colon | Jan 21, 2022 | No Comments

If you read no other story about the plan, this is the one.

A driver deciding to take the Jay Street Busway could face a higher fine under Gov. Hochul's executive budget. Photo: Dave Colon

Gov. Hochul’s Executive Budget Takes Aim at Bus Lane Blockers, Toll Cheats

By Dave Colon | Jan 20, 2022 | No Comments

No free rides for drivers in the bus lane or the license plate defacers on the highways.

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