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Dave Colon

Email Dave Colon at dcolon@streetsblog.org

Recent Posts

A B41 bus pulls up to the curb on Empire Boulevard and Flatbush Avenue at dusk. Photo: Dave Colon

DOT Begins Flatbush Ave. Bus Improvement Project With Everything on the Table

By Dave Colon | Jul 1, 2022 | No Comments
The journey of a seven-mile bus priority project begins with a single meeting.
Less traffic. A big check. Tolls. And the pricing zone. We're one step closer to it all coming true.

NYC Congestion Pricing Moves Ahead as MTA Answers Feds’ 400 Technical Questions

By Dave Colon | Jun 29, 2022 | No Comments
Well, that's one roadblock lifted.
Council Member Carlina Rivera (podium) rallies supporters of the Greenways Master Plan bill before a hearing on the bill on Tuesday. Photo: Dave Colon

DOT ‘Welcomes’ Council Bill to Build and Maintain City Greenways

By Dave Colon | Jun 28, 2022 | No Comments
No fuss, no fight, more greenways. Apparently.
MTA CEO Janno Lieber on Wednesday. Photo: Dave Colon

MTA CEO Puts it in Blunt Terms: ‘Without Congestion Pricing, Forget 2nd Ave. Subway, E-Buses or ADA Work’

By Dave Colon | Jun 22, 2022 | No Comments
"If" congestion pricing doesn't happen, the entire region loses out, Janno Lieber reminded on Wednesday.
Not reliably appearing at a bus stop near you: The S40 on Staten Island. Photo: Noah Martz

Staten Island’s Buses are the Most-Canceled in New York City

By Dave Colon | Jun 22, 2022 | No Comments
They're not rolling on the Rock.
Who'd have thought one day these would be TOO popular?

Citi Bike Swamped by Unexpected Ridership Surge, Disabled Bikes

By Dave Colon | Jun 17, 2022 | No Comments
As Yogi Berra might have said: You can't ride Citi Bike anymore, it's too popular.
Painting bus lanes is as easy at it looks. Photo: Dave Colon

Finally, Mayor Adams Reveals Key Bus Projects for 2022

By Dave Colon | Jun 16, 2022 | No Comments
"This partnership is the definition of ‘Get Stuff Done,'" Mayor Adams said.
The portal to the future Gateway tunnel being constructed at Hudson Yards in the west 30s in 2014. Photo: MTA/Patrick Cashin

Report: Cross-Hudson Transit Trips Will Hit New Highs No Matter What Awful Future Awaits

By Dave Colon | Jun 16, 2022 | No Comments
No matter what the variables  between now and 2070, transit ridership in the cross-Hudson tunnels between New York and New Jersey will wind up outdoing the ridership figures from before the pandemic.
Philadelphia isn't even on this freakin' map.

OPINION: Pete Buttigieg Is Failing New York (And The Country) on Congestion Pricing

By Dave Colon | Jun 10, 2022 | No Comments
Traffic patterns in Philadelphia? In PHILADELPHIA?!
Sometimes you just need a montage with question marks. Graphic: Streetsblog Photoshop Desk

SIC TRANSIT GLORIA: Gov. Hochul Suddenly Raises Questions about Congestion Pricing at Debate

By Dave Colon | Jun 8, 2022 | No Comments
Here we groan again.
You'll see more of these are Jamaica if you're headed to Brooklyn, but there's a catch. Photo: MTA

Proposed New LIRR Service to Brooklyn Relies on Dreaded Platform F

By Dave Colon | Jun 6, 2022 | No Comments
Trains to and from Brooklyn will mostly work as shuttles between Atlantic Terminal and Jamaica, arriving and leaving at a designated platform on the southernmost side of the Jamaica hub. Damn.
Telling Con Ed to knock this off could be your job (inset). File photo: Julianne Cuba

Cool Job Alert: Bike Around New York City Inspecting Bike Lanes

By Dave Colon | Jun 2, 2022 | No Comments
Do you ride around the city shaking your fist at, cursing at or tweeting photos of bike lanes blocked or otherwise ruined by construction sites? Here's some great news: You can now get paid by city taxpayers to document these crimes against safe cycling.
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