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David was Streetsblog&#8217;s do-it-all New York City beat reporter from 2015 to 2019. He returned as deputy editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post.

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David Meyer

Fare Hikes

Growing Coalition Urges de Blasio to Fund Discount Fares for Poor Residents

Clarence Eckerson Jr. is the Director of Video Production for NYCSR&#8217;s StreetFilms and producer of bikeTV. He loves the color purple, chocolate chip cookies, and enjoys walking, biking, and taking transit. He has never owned a driver&#8217;s license.

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Cardboard Cuomo Sends His Regrets to Transit Riders for Shortchanging MTA

Charles Komanoff is a national expert on congestion pricing and traffic modeling, and is the former head of Transportation Alternatives. He is a longtime Streetsblog contributor. Reach him at <a href="mailto:komanoff@gmail.com">komanoff@gmail.com</a>.

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Charles Komanoff

Bridge Tolls

How Much Will Fares Rise Without Closing the MTA Capital Plan Gap? Try 25%

In spring 2017, Stephen wrote for Streetsblog USA, covering the livable streets movement and transportation policy developments around the nation.
From August 2012 to October 2015, he was a reporter for Streetsblog NYC, covering livable streets and transportation issues in the city and the region. After joining Streetsblog, he covered the tail end of the Bloomberg administration and the launch of Citi Bike. Since then, he covered mayoral elections, the de Blasio administration&#8217;s ongoing Vision Zero campaign, and New York City&#8217;s ever-evolving street safety and livable streets movements.

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Andrew Cuomo

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MTA-TWU Agreement: What’s the Plan Now, Governor?

IBO: MTA Fares on Pace to Rise 50 Percent Over Next Decade

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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"Gridlock" Sam Schwartz

Instead of More Fare Hikes, How About Bridge Tolls That Make Sense?

Straphangers Will Be Asked to Shoulder MTA’s Growing Debt and Labor Costs

Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.

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Amid Christie and Cuomo Raids, Port Authority Plans Huge Fare and Toll Hike

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Without New MTA Funds, Transit Riders May Face Return of 70s-Era Disrepair