Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about MTA

It's going to take a lot of work to make a home for electric buses. Photo: MTA

MTA Bus Boss: All-Electric Fleet is Still Years Away, Even With Fed Help

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 12, 2020 | No Comments

Hours after the Biden-Harris transition team declared its support for "zero-emission" transit fleets, we reached out to MTA Bus President Craig Cipriano to get his take.

Coming to Washington Heights this spring! File photo: Dave Colon

DOT: 181st Street Busway is Not Likely For This Year

By Dave Colon | Nov 3, 2020 | No Comments

We thought only Brooklyn Dodger fans said, "Wait 'til next year!" Apparently, the mayor does, too.

The DOT and MTA agree: It's time to paint bus lanes like there's no tomorrow.

NYC Transit Boss: City Has To Speed Up Bus Lane Installation

By Dave Colon | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments

We'll never paint the town red at this rate.

President Trump's retaliation against New York City, Portland, and Seattle could threaten those city's public transportation and Covid-19 recovery.

President Trump’s ‘Anarchist’ Declaration Could Cost Transit Funds to New York, Others

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 14, 2020 | No Comments

The president threatened to cut funding to those cities — and, apparently, his agencies have gotten the memo.

Don't you want to know how all this stuff works? File photo: MTA

ON TRACK: Joe Borelli — A Staten Island Republican — Demands Congress Save Transit

By Joe Borelli | Oct 7, 2020 | No Comments

In the midst of pandemic relief negotiations in Congress, we asked Council Member Joe Borelli, a leading city Republican and a member of President Trump's re-election campaign, to explain to members of his party why transit is so important to our nation.

Just try to sleep easy after seeing this, we dare you. Photo illustration (or is it?): Streetsblog

Gov. Clean: Five Reasonable Arguments For 24/7 Subway Service that Cuomo Simply Ignores

By Dave Colon | Oct 5, 2020 | No Comments

The reasons to bring back overnight subway service as starting to pile up — but Gov. Clean won't have it.

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