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Monday’s Headlines: MTA Chooses Car Drivers over Bus Riders Edition

By Streetsblog | Aug 16, 2021 | No Comments

So let us get this straight: New Jersey-bound car drivers cause traffic near the Holland Tunnel — and long-suffering New York City bus riders have to suffer more? (Yes.) Plus other news.

Free him: A cyclist makes his way across the MTA-controlled Gil Hodges Bridge. Photo: Dave Colon

LAST MINUTE PUSH: Legislators Hope to Get Cyclists And Pedestrians A Voice At The MTA

By Dave Colon | Jun 9, 2021 | No Comments

Activists and bike-friendly legislators are making a final push to get a floor vote for a stalled bill that would bring cyclist and pedestrian input to the MTA's planning process, a longtime oversight and sore spot for anyone who's tried to bike over an MTA bridge such as the Triboro or Gil Hodges.

Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang with the backdrop of the Fulton Street busway behind him. Photo: Julianne Cuba

ANALYSIS: Andrew Yang’s ‘Plan’ For The MTA is Empty Promises that Won’t Work Anyway

By Dave Colon | Apr 26, 2021 | No Comments

The mayoral front-runner makes a classic mistake — thinking that more MTA Board members for the city (which he can't get anyway) would solve the city's transit problems.

The Main Street busway begins today! Photo: Julianne Cuba

Eyes On The Street: The Flushing Busway is Finally in Effect

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 19, 2021 | No Comments

Seven months after Mayor de Blasio first announced it, after months of pushback and even a court case, the city's long-stalled Main Street busway finally started rolling on Tuesday.

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

Senate ‘Skinny’ COVID Bill Leaves Mass Transit Starving

By Dave Colon | Dec 1, 2020 | No Comments

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators revealed a coronavirus compromise bill on Tuesday morning that provides less than half of what transit agencies need, an offer that advocates and transit agencies greeted with like being given a lump of coal on Christmas.

"Streeteries" are one new use of the curb. More are coming. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

OPINION: Rich Nabes Get More City Programs, While Poor Areas Struggle for Basic Transit

By Jabari Brisport | Aug 27, 2020 | No Comments

Restaurant streets have sprouted apace. Bus lanes? Not so much.

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