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MTA’s Next-Gen Fare System Contract Treats All-Door Boarding as an Experiment, Not an Urgent Priority
While the capability for citywide all-door boarding will be embedded in the new fare payment technology, the MTA's contract with Cubic shows the agency is still in no rush. It includes a pilot of all-door bus boarding on some lines but no firm commitment to citywide adoption.
October 24, 2017
De Blasio Announces 10-Year Plan for 21 More Select Bus Service Routes
The map of enhanced bus routes looks good, but the timetable isn't much more ambitious than what the city is doing already.
October 20, 2017
Council Members Press for Investigation of High MTA Construction Costs
City Council members are speaking up about the runaway price tag of subway infrastructure in New York City, pressing the MTA to rein in capital construction costs that outstrip those of peer cities across the globe.
October 16, 2017
MTA Survivors Dish on the Agency’s Reluctance to Embrace Change
The MTA may have talented staff, but the changes needed to modernize and improve train and bus service are routinely stifled by a risk-averse internal culture that doesn't place a high value on promptly adopting best practices in the transit industry.
October 6, 2017
MTA Will Start Using Common-Sense Metrics to Show Subway Riders How Their Trains Perform
Starting Wednesday, transit riders will be able to see for themselves how their subway lines are performing, when the MTA launches an online dashboard showing how much time riders lose due to trains that are off-schedule.
September 25, 2017
Heads Up: MTA Fining People for Biking on the Triboro Bridge Car-Free Path
The agency seems to want biking across its bridges to be as inconvenient and financially risky as possible.
August 28, 2017
45 Assembly Members Demand a Bus Turnaround Plan From Joe Lhota
In a letter to Lhota today, Assembly corporations and authorities chair Jeff Dinowitz and 44 of his colleagues demand a "comprehensive plan" to fix the bus system "within six months."
August 22, 2017
MTA Bus Driver Who Killed Woman in Manhattan Has License Revoked, Is Fined $750
Roger Weckworth hit Bella Krementsova with a QM7 bus in the Financial District in 2016. This week he pled guilty to violating her right of way.
August 18, 2017
MTA and DOT Aren’t Acting Fast Enough to Turn Around NYC Bus Service
The slower New York City bus service becomes, the faster the MTA and DOT should act to improve speeds and reliability. But neither agency has responded to the decline of bus service with the urgency the situation demands, according to a report card that transit advocates released this morning.
August 14, 2017
Council Members Grill MTA Execs on Transit Costs While Cuomo Breaks Ground for Delta
Compared to its international peers, the MTA's capital construction costs are nothing short of outrageous. So with Governor Cuomo asking for more money from New York City to fix the subways, it's understandable that City Council members want to know whether they'll be getting good bang for their buck. But at a hearing earlier today, MTA Managing Director Ronnie Hakim couldn't explain the MTA's cost problem, let alone how to fix it.
August 8, 2017
