Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit Funding

Congestion pricing: an idea whose time has come, as long as it waits its turn.

Congestion Pricing Can Still Happen in 2021 — But There Are a Lot of ‘Ifs,’ Including President Biden

By Dave Colon | Nov 19, 2020 | No Comments

Advocates are hopeful that incoming President Biden will fast-track congestion pricing so that they can still start in 2021. But how would such a thing happen? Here's our latest deep dive into the issue.

President Trump's retaliation against New York City, Portland, and Seattle could threaten those city's public transportation and Covid-19 recovery.

President Trump’s ‘Anarchist’ Declaration Could Cost Transit Funds to New York, Others

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 14, 2020 | No Comments

The president threatened to cut funding to those cities — and, apparently, his agencies have gotten the memo.

An agency at a crossroads. File photo: MTA

ON TRACK: Joe Borelli — A Staten Island Republican — Demands Congress Save Transit

By Joe Borelli | Oct 7, 2020 | No Comments

In the midst of pandemic relief negotiations in Congress, we asked Council Member Joe Borelli, a leading city Republican and a member of President Trump's re-election campaign, to explain to members of his party why transit is so important to our nation.

A Wall Street-bound ferry arrives at the South Williamsburg terminal, Sept. 25, 2020. Photo: Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY

ICYMI: De Blasio Plugged Debt-Spouting Ferry Service With Millions From Times Square

By Rosa Goldensohn, THE CITY | Oct 1, 2020 | No Comments

The NYC Economic Development Corp. sent $28 million to city coffers last fiscal year — a fraction of the proceeds passed along before costly boat service launched.

This is what happens when transit is bad. Photo: Lorraine Cink/Twitter

Report: Transit Riders — Especially People of Color and the Poor — Will Be Especially Screwed by Federal Cuts

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 29, 2020 | No Comments

People of color, the poor, and New York's hardest-working residents would be disproportionately affected by transit cuts if the MTA doesn't get a cash infusion fast, a new report reveals.

Congress Sells Out Non-Drivers by Reauthorizing FAST Act

By Kea Wilson | Sep 23, 2020 | No Comments

Congress passed a short-term spending bill that will renew funding for our existing car-focused infrastructure, missing an opportunity to reform a broken system that's killing our planet and its people.

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