Pols Keep Making Homelessness a Transit Issue, But it is a Housing Issue
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Kicking homeless people off of subway trains one stop before the end of the line is not a housing policy, advocates say.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYC Transit
Report: MTA Will Need ANOTHER $4-8 Billion in Fed Funding
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Um, about that $3.7 billion...
Op-Ed: Protecting Transit Workers During — and After — the COVID Crisis
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The virus has exposed widespread failures in how we protect our essential workforce. Here's the actions agencies must take now and after the pandemic subsides.
MTA Leads Multiple Agencies in Demanding $25B from Congress
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The leaders of 10 transit systems — from coast to coast — are begging Washington for "at least" $25 billion in emergency funding as they battle the twin symptoms of the coronavirus: freefalling ridership and additional costs.
The Subway Ridership Collapse — In Three Charts
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Todd Schneider created a graphic representation of the subway system's freefall in ridership. It's pretty scary.
UPDATED: MTA in Free Fall: Low Ridership Numbers Could Mean Massive Debt, Cuts
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It's the latest evidence that the MTA is going to need a huge infusion of public cash from the Trump administration.