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The MTA's bus and transit committee, pictured in May 2019. Photo: David Meyer

Time’s Up! When Will The Mayor Fill His MTA Board Vacancies?

By Dave Colon | Jan 17, 2020 | No Comments

It's no small bureaucratic matter. The city's MTA Board members speak for millions of transit riders on a largely regional panel that often slights the city.

Sayonara: The proposed Queens bus network redesign eliminates the Q53. Image: Around the Horn via Flickr

Queens Bus Network Redesign Strives for Simplicity

By Dave Colon | Jan 3, 2020 | No Comments

The draft plan seeks to combine routes and eliminate redundancies while improving connections among neighborhoods and between boroughs.

Council Member Chaim Deutsch (with Mary Majao and Angel Farachio, 10-year-old Enzo Farachio's parents) wants the city to install bollards at every bus stop after Farachio was killed by a driver while waiting at one. Photo: Julianne Cuba.

Brooklyn Pol Offers Poor Fix After Death of 10-Year-Old Boy: Advocates

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 20, 2019 | 18 Comments

“All bus stops should have bollards,” Council Member Chaim Deutsch said.

What's in their wallets? Maybe gold doubloons.

Transit God Corey Johnson Parrots Arthur Schwartz’s Bad Faith Busway Language

By Dave Colon | Aug 12, 2019 | 20 Comments

"I am concerned that some of the side streets will turn into parking lots," Johnson told WNYC's Brian Lehrer.

Fare evasion enforcement is a sideshow to what should be the main MTA event: Better service.

The MTA Reorganization Won’t Fix Your Commute

By Dave Colon | Jul 25, 2019 | 3 Comments

A new MTA is on its way, though what it will look like is still an open question.

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