Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Subways

Gov. Cuomo. Photo: Governor’s Office/Flickr

Step One Toward Fixing the Subway: Be Honest

By Alon Levy | Jul 6, 2017 | 23 Comments

What would it look like if Cuomo and Lhota stopped making gestures and started exercising real leadership at the MTA? Here are three steps that could make a difference for subway service.

Riders Alliance Executive Director John Raskin and company outside Governor Cuomo's NYC offices last night. Photo: David Meyer

Riders Turn Up the Heat on Andrew Cuomo to Lead the MTA Out of This Subway Crisis

By David Meyer | Jun 29, 2017 | 5 Comments

Speaking in Manhattan this morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a "state of emergency" for the MTA, giving his newly-appointed agency chairman Joe Lhota 30 days to redesign the agency's organizational structure and 60 days to address shortcomings in the agency's $29 billion, five-year capital plan.

Crowding Is a Symptom of What Ails the Subways, Not a Cause

By Ben Fried | Jun 28, 2017 | 14 Comments

The Times came out with a piece on subway delays this morning that's getting heavy play on Twitter. It has some compelling visualizations of the rise in ridership and decline in reliability, but it starts off by framing poor service in a way that obscures the root of the subway's troubles.

Slower Subways Will Cost New Yorkers $1.4 Billion This Year

By Charles Komanoff | Jun 26, 2017 | 7 Comments

New Yorkers are already paying for Cuomo's deteriorating MTA in the form of lost time, increased pollution, and poorer health.

He's the boss. Photo: Flickr/NYS Governor's Office

When the Going Gets Tough at the MTA, Andrew Cuomo Disappears

By Ben Fried | May 19, 2017 | 9 Comments

Remember when Andrew Cuomo announced that he'd sealed the deal on a new contract with the TWU? Or when he empaneled an "MTA Reinvention Commission" to shape the agency's five-year capital program? Or when he ordered the MTA to quit dragging its heels on cashless tolling, and the agency promptly delivered? The governor would like you to forget all that.

The governor celebrates his transportation infrastructure achievement by driving FDR's old car over the new Kosciuzsko Bridge. Imagery: @NYGovCuomo

Cuomo Drives Old-Timey Car Across Brand New Bridge While Sticking NYers With Old-Timey Transit System

By Brad Aaron | Apr 28, 2017 | 7 Comments

As it happens, FDR's car is the same vintage as many components in the signal system of the New York City subway. The difference is that the signal system isn't a museum piece that Cuomo can commandeer for a day -- it's real equipment that keeps millions of people moving on a 24/7 rail system.

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