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Now we need the Health Commissioner to say this is healthy. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit

With No Federal Money Coming, the MTA Has Options — Bad Ones

By Dave Colon | Aug 6, 2020 | No Comments

The Feds are allowing transit agencies to use capital funds for operating expenses. But that option comes with huge downsides.

Mr. Mayor, they gave you all the clues. You could have saved the city.

Carpocalypse Building Slower in Manhattan Than in Outer Boroughs

By Dave Colon | Jul 15, 2020 | No Comments

With driving rising, but still down, advocates ask whether the city will install the infrastructure New Yorkers need.

This is the end. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit

Is Cuomo’s Overnight Subway Closure a Sneak Attack on Full 24-7 Service?

By Dave Colon | Jun 19, 2020 | No Comments

Will the City that Never Sleeps ever fully wake up from its nap?

Gov. Cuomo flanked by bigger stars, Chris Rock and Rosie Perez on Wednesday. Photo: Darren McGee/Governor's office

Cuomo: I Didn’t Press The President on Congestion Pricing Because It’s Not A Jobs Program

By Dave Colon | May 29, 2020 | No Comments

Earth to governor: Congestion pricing is a job-creating activity — because without it, our transit system will die (and take the region down with it).

The car-free busway on 14th Street is still the gold standard (mostly because there's only one other like it). File photo: Dave Colon

Everyone to Mayor: We Need 40 Miles of Dedicated Bus Lanes Now

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 28, 2020 | No Comments

It's the busway or the highway — and that's the problem.

The city is cutting funding for placard enforcement and improving bus service. Photo: Dave Colon

Advocates: De Blasio’s Cuts Will Hurt Essential Workers Now — And In The Future

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 17, 2020 | No Comments

So long, placard crackdown that never happened. Goodbye, sidewalk maintenance. The Vision Zero budget cuts come more into focus.

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