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Harvard Study: Car Pollution in NYC Claims 1,400 Lives, Billions in Costs
The New York metro area logged 1,404 deaths specifically linked to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone (O3).
June 8, 2021
The MTA’s New Electric Bus Order Is Another Step Forward, But A Power Struggle Looms
Eventually, the MTA is going to need so much electricity that energy producers will have to make a deal, experts say.
June 3, 2021
ANALYSIS: Andrew Yang’s Subway Plan is So Bad that It Should Disqualify Him to Run This City
Yang's plan, or rather the hazy outlines of a plan, was pitched to New Yorkers on Wednesday. It calls for the city Department of Transportation, with its sub-$2-billion budget, to take over and run the city's subways and buses, which currently have an annual operating budget of $10 billion.
May 20, 2021
De Blasio Relents On MTA’s Insatiable Demand For Cops — But It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way
Mayor de Blasio caved to the demands from the state-controlled MTA to send even more cops into the subway system — a decision that underscored how easily this mayor is cowed, but also paves the way for a new approach by whoever is sworn in next year.
May 18, 2021
Monday’s Headlines: A Little More Normal Edition
Monday, May 17: the day stranded essential workers and boozy journalists have been waiting for for months — the full 24-7 service has returned to the subway. Plus the rest of the news.
May 17, 2021
Four New Bronx Metro-North Stations Are A Good Time to Talk about Fair Rail Fares
Yes, Bronx residents will get amazing commuter-rail service — but what will the fare be? No one is talking.
May 13, 2021
ANALYSIS: Andrew Yang’s ‘Plan’ For The MTA is Empty Promises that Won’t Work Anyway
The mayoral front-runner makes a classic mistake — thinking that more MTA Board members for the city (which he can't get anyway) would solve the city's transit problems.
April 26, 2021
What Is The MTA Assessing In Its Congestion Pricing Environmental Assessment?
The goal of the next step in the approval of congestion pricing is to get a FONSI ("Ayyyyyy").
April 13, 2021
Friday’s Headlines: …And the Mets Won Edition
Yesterday was a big day for the MTA — and Streetsblog.
April 9, 2021
Mayor: Andrew Yang is Wrong about Flushing Busway, But Candidate Doubles Down
"I remain committed to the busway in Flushing because this is about thousands and thousands of people," de Blasio said on Tuesday.
March 30, 2021