Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Subways

Nick of Time

By Ben Fried | Nov 25, 2008 | 3 Comments

NYC subway weekday on-time performance, measured as the "percentage of trains that arrive at the terminal within 5 minutes of the scheduled arrival time." Source: mta.info. While we appear to be hurtling toward a future of less reliable transit service, at least those of us with cell phones will be able to plan accordingly: The […]

Trains Under Baghdad

By Ben Fried | Nov 24, 2008 | 9 Comments

Via Transport Politic, some encouraging transit news from Iraq, where the mayor of Baghdad recently announced plans to move ahead with the city’s first subway lines. The Guardian reports: One of the new proposed subway lines would run 11 miles from Shia-dominated Sadr City in the east to Adhamiya in north Baghdad. The other would […]

Dear Mr. Brodsky: What Now?

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2008 | 8 Comments

In today’s Times, Richard Brodsky weighs in on the pitfalls of shortchanging capital needs in the face of the immediate MTA budget crisis. "The need for investment in the system is gargantuan," said Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, a Democrat from Westchester County who is chairman of a committee that oversees the authority. "Twenty-five years from […]

Cartoon Tuesday: Crisis Mode

By Brad Aaron | Oct 7, 2008 | No Comments

This cartoon, by Tom Toles of the Washington Post via Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space, refers to DC subway funding, now under attack from conservative "think tanks." But it could just as easily apply to transportation and public works projects across the country, which continue to be largely overlooked despite their prior role as […]

Is It Time to Swap the 2nd Ave Subway for Bus Rapid Transit?

By Brad Aaron | Sep 24, 2008 | 32 Comments

In today’s New York Times, Jim Dwyer poses a question that some city transit advocates have to this point discussed only in hushed tones: "Is it really such a great idea to be digging subway tunnels in Manhattan?" Given the logistical difficulties and escalated costs of boring underground, Dwyer points to an alternative (link added). […]

$36,000,000,000 for Corn. $0 for Transit.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 25, 2008 | 16 Comments

The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would provide emergency funding to local transit systems facing simultaneous increases in ridership and fuel costs. The legislation is now stalled in the Senate and the Bush Administration has expressed concern that "transit operators risk becoming permanently reliant upon this type of assistance." Meanwhile, when it […]

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