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MTA Touts Carbon Avoidance in Bid for New Revenue Stream
Without its transit system, the New York region would emit 17.4 million more metric tons of greenhouse gases each year, the MTA announced yesterday. By taking cars off the road, decreasing congestion so the remaining cars emit less, and promoting dense land use patterns, the MTA is making a major dent in the region's carbon footprint. As a result, the authority is making the case that transit agencies should receive revenue generated by potential federal climate legislation.
April 22, 2010
Ghost of Congestion Pricing Lingers at RPA’s 2010 Regional Assembly
Even when there's no breaking news at the RPA's regional assembly, the annual get-together at the Waldorf Astoria is a good time to gauge the collective mood of the people who run the region's transportation systems and think about planning for New York City's future. How often do you get the heads of the MTA, NYCDOT, and the Port Authority all in the same room?
April 16, 2010
MTA Committed to October Launch Date for East Side Select Bus Service
Two months after the MTA and NYCDOT first presented East Side Select Bus Service to Manhattan Community Board 6, officials were back with a modified plan last night, hoping to get a vote from the transportation committee. After a combative couple of hours, they didn't get one. The committee chose to put off a vote until its next meeting rather than come to a decision. The big news to emerge was the announcement of a specific launch date for the first phase of Select Bus Service on the corridor.
April 6, 2010
Transit Operating Aid Bill Doesn’t Fly With Major D.C. Transit Group
A burgeoning congressional push to let urban transit agencies tap federal funds for operating their systems is not sitting well with the transit industry's largest D.C. lobbying group, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA).
March 23, 2010
Pedro Espada’s Student Fare Fix: Toll the East River Bridges
No, it's not April First.
March 22, 2010
Details on East Side SBS Come Into Focus at CB 8 Meeting
We've got a few dispatches from last week's Manhattan Community Board 8 meeting on East Side bus and bike improvements, which we couldn't attend ourselves. First, Michael Auerbach, who's doing some fantastic livable streets advocacy at Upper Green Side, filed a report for Second Ave Sagas about how Select Bus Service will function alongside the subway construction zones on Second Avenue.
March 15, 2010
Fare Hike 2010: Your Chance to Prop Up Albany
Straphangers, are you ready to subsidize the runaway state budget?
March 12, 2010
The Truth About Student Fares: MTA a Huge Bargain for State and City
A new round of MTA Board hearings gets started this week, and the biggest flashpoint is sure to be the student MetroCard program. New York City school children depend on free and reduced fares, especially since education reforms have led more students to attend schools farther from home. Yet the state has withdrawn funding for the program and the city has allowed its contribution to remain flat since 1995.
March 1, 2010
On Transit Advocacy, Working Families Party Misses the Mark Again
Yesterday I received an email from the Working Families Party with the subject line "Students to confront MTA Board on MetroCard cuts." It seemed as though the WFP had surveyed the sorry state of transit finances in New York and decided that the MTA Board is a worthy target. As for the state legislature's theft of MTA funds and lawmakers' repeated failure to properly fund the transit system -- well, there was no sign that Albany is facing pressure from the WFP.
February 25, 2010