Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Riders Alliance

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.

More please, says the Council. File photo: Dave Colon

Council To Mayor: Bus Service Needs Improvements, Not Cuts

By Julianne Cuba | May 13, 2020 | No Comments

"Bus service has powered the city’s emergency response, providing critical service to frontline workers — 75 percent of whom are people of color,” 13 Council Members wrote.

File photo: Kevin Coughlin / Governor's Office

Op-Ed: Governor, Public Transit Doesn’t Need a Billionaire Techie

By Danny Pearlstein | May 8, 2020 | No Comments

Public transit doesn't need another billionaire disruptor with big ideas and a slide deck, governor.

Damn, you're telling me scenes like this have almost bankrupted the MTA? Photo: Kate Hinds

Transit Watchdogs: Raiding MTA Taxes Will Threaten A Federal Bailout

By Dave Colon | Apr 30, 2020 | No Comments

Governor: Keep your hands off tax money that's supposed to go to the cash-strapped MTA!

This doesn't happen very much, but now it won't happen between 1 and 5 a.m.

SHUTDOWN: In Historic Move, Cuomo Eliminates Early Morning Subway Service for Cleaning

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 30, 2020 | No Comments

Gov. Cuomo has just announced that subway service will be shut down from 1 to 5 a.m. every day so that the system can be completely disinfected every 24 hours.

There's a hiring freeze, but no official cop rollback. Photo: Caitlin Plaut

Pols Keep Making Homelessness a Transit Issue, But it is a Housing Issue

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 30, 2020 | No Comments

Kicking homeless people off of subway trains one stop before the end of the line is not a housing policy, advocates say.

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