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De Blasio Moves Forward With the BQX: Here’s Four Things You Should Know
It is still unclear if this $2.73-billion thing is really going to happen.
August 31, 2018
Three Ways the MTA’s Finances Are Severely Screwed
The MTA may be cash-strapped, but it has even deeper problems than that.
August 24, 2018
The MTA Finally Has a Blueprint to Fix Subways and Buses. Will Cuomo Support It?
With an "honest accounting" of the transit system's needs on the table, it's up to Cuomo and legislators in Albany to make change happen.
May 23, 2018
De Blasio’s Ignorance of NYC’s Bus Crisis Shines Through at His Umpteenth Ferry Announcement
The mayor doesn't seem to know or care how he can reverse the dramatic decline of NYC bus service.
May 3, 2018
Corey Johnson: NYC “Should Not Wait on Albany” to Fund Discount MetroCards for Poor New Yorkers
The City Council speaker said the "Fair Fares" program would be a "pillar" of his budget negotiations with Mayor de Blasio.
April 11, 2018
De Blasio’s Not Done Wasting Time on the Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar
On WNYC, the mayor talked about ferries and the streetcar as transit solutions for the city's growing population, never mentioning the bus routes that are hemorrhaging riders.
April 6, 2018
De Blasio Could Help Many More New Yorkers With Bus Upgrades and Bike-Share Expansion Than With Ferry Subsidies
NYC bus ridership is in free fall, and Mayor de Blasio, who manages the city's streets, is the man who can fix it. Unfortunately, de Blasio's transportation priorities lie elsewhere. You can tell by looking at where the money goes.
March 1, 2018
Assembly Member Dick Gottfried Supports “the Concept” of Congestion Pricing
Assembly Member Richard Gottfried believes in congestion pricing, in theory. The question now, as it was ten years ago, is how hard he'll work to enact a policy that would benefit his constituents enormously.
February 2, 2018
The GOP Tax Plan Will Hit NYC Transit Riders Hard
The tax bill Republicans in Washington hope to pass before they head home for Christmas break will have a "devastating" effect on NYC's transit system, according to an analysis by the Riders Alliance and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.
December 18, 2017
Report: Subways and Buses Don’t Get Their Fair Share in MTA Capital Program
The current MTA capital plan disproportionately funds commuter rail at the expense of the subways and buses that account for 93 percent of the agency's ridership - and those priorities should change.
November 17, 2017
