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Need To Kill Cross Bronx Widening Plan Is Obvious Amid Slight Pollution Uptick
"We don't want congestion pricing to end, we want to make sure that it doesn't hurt our community. We want congestion relief here as well," said one Bronx advocate.
April 9, 2026
Advocates to MTA: More Fare Caps Will Be Fairer For All
The MTA has not introduced daily or monthly OMNY fare caps, even as it phased out daily and monthly MetroCards.
February 18, 2026
Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: Lessons for the Future of Congestion Pricing
This is how New York can take full advantage of congestion pricing.
February 18, 2026
Does Hochul’s 125th Street Subway Have to Be That Expensive?
The western extension of the Second Avenue Subway has a $7.7-billion price tag that calls into question the very logic of building it at all — but advocates and researchers say the train is a good idea that could cost a lot less with some minor alterations.
February 3, 2026
Forget Free Buses: Mayor Mamdani Should Instead Seek ‘Audacious’ Subway Expansion
The same billion-dollar outlay that Mayor Mamdani hopes to allocate for fare-free buses should be spent instead on rewriting the subway map.
February 2, 2026
‘Gateway’ Drug: Trump Is Holding the Second Avenue Subway Hostage
The president blocked funds for the Second Avenue Subway during the government shutdown in October — and the MTA has still not received the money, sources said.
January 28, 2026
INTERVIEW: MTA Chair Janno Lieber Talks to Streetsblog to Mark Four Years at the Top
The MTA chairman talked with Streetsblog about his tenure, congestion pricing, bus stops, Babe Ruth and more.
January 21, 2026
Elise Stefanik Wants to Be Governor — Yet Says Nothing About Transit
Elise Stefanik’s campaign launch suggest her intent to use the MTA as a political pawn to stoke fear, not maintain and expand transit.
November 10, 2025
MONEY TRAIN: How LIRR Unions ‘Game’ The System
An old work rule means that the MTA would have to pay millions of dollars just to provide a little extra service after special events like Mets games or the Ryder Cup. Nolan Hicks dives deep.
October 8, 2025
‘Treated and Streeted’: How The City’s Safety Net Fails Homeless People in the Subway
The Big Apple’s $30-billion social safety net cannot reliably get a homeless person in psychiatric crisis out of the subway and into a hospital bed, a Streetsblog investigation has found.
September 23, 2025
