Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYC Transit

Night falls on the MTA, and its financial future.

Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit

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Nausea: The MTA Is Facing An Existential Crisis, Again

By Dave Colon | Jul 21, 2022 | No Comments

Is this the way subway ends, not with a bang but with a whimper?

MTA CEO Janno Lieber (top) says subway bathrooms will remain closed, but Council Member Ari Kagan wants him to change that policy. Main photo: Tdorante10

OPINION: The MTA Must Reopen Its Restrooms — Now!

By Ari Kagan | Jul 14, 2022 | No Comments

We need to build more public toilets, but first, let's end the indignity and restore the comfort stations we have.

A montage of MTA bike stuff (from top left corner): A rare bus with a bike rack, a traffic jam on the substandard Marine Parkway Bridge, the Oonee mini at Grand Central and a sign on the Triboro Bridge.

MTA Promises to Do Better on Bike and Pedestrian Access — And Needs Your Help

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 27, 2022 | No Comments

It's no longer a bridge too far.

Welcome to New York, Richard Davey (right). Photo: Dave Colon

Wednesday’s Headlines: Meet the New Train Daddy Edition

By Streetsblog | Apr 6, 2022 | No Comments

The big news yesterday was incoming New York City Transit President Richard Davey first confab with the press. We were there. And we also have the rest of the news.

A worker surveys the snow on an elevated subway platform. Photo: MTA

... And Here are the Questions the Public Should Be Asking

By Ndeye Ndione | Feb 1, 2022 | No Comments

A team of Hunter College students considered the full parameters of the debate so that New Yorkers can make up their own minds.

WHAT IS TO BE DONE? Experts Discuss Subway Crime, Death, Homelessness

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 26, 2022 | No Comments

"There will be a humanitarian crisis until we pay to solve it," said one activist.

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