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Two Queens Op-Eds: Keep MTA Buses Fare-Free After the Pandemic…
For one candidate, an emergency measure for social distancing presents an opportunity for improving air quality and social equity.
April 2, 2020
Op-Ed: For a Safe, Healthy City, We Need an Auto-Free Zone in Manhattan
COVID-19 underscores that closing streets to traffic and enhancing amenities in the crowded core will be vital to the survival of urban America.
April 1, 2020
Experts: Senate Bill’s $25B for Transit Won’t Be Enough
Yet Congress must do much more to stave off long-term damage, officials and advocates say.
March 25, 2020
MTA Announces Service Cuts In Response To Coronavirus-Related Ridership Drop
Service cutbacks are coming to the subway, buses, and commuter rail services after weeks of declining ridership due to the coronavirus pandemic.
March 24, 2020
MTA Leads Multiple Agencies in Demanding $25B from Congress
The leaders of 10 transit systems — from coast to coast — are begging Washington for "at least" $25 billion in emergency funding as they battle the twin symptoms of the coronavirus: freefalling ridership and additional costs.
March 23, 2020
Costa Constantinides: Break the Car Culture of Queens — With Better Transit and More Biking!
"Our borough is long overdue for a holistic transit plan that provides reliable bus and subway service to get people out of their cars," said the would-be Queens borough president. Vote on March 24.
March 10, 2020
CORO-NO SHOW: MTA Ditches City Council Hearing For Pandemic Prep
City Council members were sickened on Monday morning ... by the MTA skipping a City Council budget hearing.
March 9, 2020
Op-Ed: The Second Avenue Subway’s Lessons for American Transit
How to avoid the mistakes that make the East Side line, the most costly subway extension ever built.
March 9, 2020
Queens Pol (And Would-Be Borough President) Demands a Busway in Jamaica
Council Member Donovan Richards — who is also running for Beep — said Archer Avenue in Jamaica should go car free to support better transit.
March 6, 2020
Op-Ed: Commuter-Train Fare Cut Doesn’t Help Low-Income New Yorkers
Even with an intracity discount, the MTA continues to prop up a system of transit Apartheid.
March 4, 2020
