Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Riders Alliance

Members of the Bus Turnaround Coalition shared their "Woes on the Bus" this morning. Photo: David Meyer

Bus Riders Share Their Tales of Woeful Service. Are Cuomo and de Blasio Listening?

By David Meyer | Sep 26, 2017 | 6 Comments

The stories riders share in "Woes on the Bus" go beyond time lost to delays - they show how bad bus service exacts a heavy toll on fundamental aspects of daily life.

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The New Bus Campaigners

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 13, 2017 | No Comments

Transit advocates think bus service is declining because of longstanding policy neglect, and that something can and ought to be done about it. They’re pushing elected officials and transit agencies to apply changes like bus lanes, all-door boarding and traffic signal priority.

New buses are nice, but without improvements like all-door boarding and transit signal priority, they don't make service faster or more reliable. Photo: Flickr/NY Governor's Office

67 State Legislators Tell Cuomo: Speed Up Buses ASAP

By David Meyer | May 18, 2017 | No Comments

A broad coalition of 67 state legislators want Governor Andrew Cuomo to pursue two potentially transformative improvements to NYC's notoriously slow and unreliable bus service.

Attorney Jodi Morales of the Bronx Defenders said that every day she sees people "being criminalized because they didn't have the fare to get on the train." Photo: David Meyer

Criminal Justice Advocates Call on de Blasio to Provide Discount Fares for Poor New Yorkers

By David Meyer | May 17, 2017 | 4 Comments

Criminal justice advocates gathered outside City Hall this morning to call on Mayor de Blasio to fund discount transit fares for poor New Yorkers.

Cuomo's budget goes to extraordinary lengths to skim from transit while covering the tracks.

Cuomo Nickel-and-Dimes Transit Riders While Heaping $564 Million on the Van Wyck

By David Meyer | Apr 12, 2017 | 4 Comments

The Albany budget deal reached over the weekend makes it official: Governor Cuomo has broken his promise to make up for cuts to the MTA payroll tax in 2011. While the state shrinks its commitment to he MTA, other Cuomo economic development priorities are moving ahead, including an expansion of the Van Wyck budgeted for $564 million.

Riders Alliance member Monica Martinez speaks alongside elected officials yesterday. Photo: David Meyer

As Fares Rise, Advocates Press City Hall for MetroCard Relief for Low-Income New Yorkers

By David Meyer | Mar 20, 2017 | 13 Comments

As MTA fares went up yesterday, straphangers and elected officials rallied outside Atlantic Terminal yesterday to bring them down for low-income New Yorkers. The "Fair Fares" coalition is calling on Mayor de Blasio to fund half-priced MetroCards for the 800,000 New Yorkers living below the federal poverty line.

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