Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Subways

McCaffrey: The Subway is Crowded. Let’s Keep it That Way.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 10, 2007 | 10 Comments

Walter McCaffrey’s Committee to Keep New York City Congestion Tax Free has torn a page from StreetFilms’ book and put out its very own propaganda video. The quiet, elegant two-minute SubFilm shows crowds of people using New York City’s subway system with quotes like, "Here come the sardines," mixed in. The producers clearly intended this […]

Express F Rally Today, with Council Members

By Brad Aaron | Jun 28, 2007 | 2 Comments

From the Streetsblog tipline: Council Members Bill de Blasio (D-Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Kensington), Simcha Felder (D-Midwood, Bensonhurst and Boro Park), and Domenic Recchia (D-Coney Island, Gravesend, Bensonhurst) will stand with community activists and representatives of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and Transportation Alternatives on Thursday, June 28, 2007, to rally in support of the restoration […]

Roberts: MTA Needs Congestion Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Jun 27, 2007 | 6 Comments

When NYC Transit President Howard Roberts announced Monday — to some ridicule — that certain subway lines are overcrowded with little to no relief in sight, it was reported that the system would not be able to handle the influx of commuters who are expected to switch to transit should congestion pricing be implemented. Considering […]

Blogger Launches Petititon to Revive Dormant Subway Tracks

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 22, 2007 | 13 Comments

With the city promising to improve mass transit via congestion pricing revenue, Gary Reilly, author of neighborhood blog, First and Court has started a petition asking the MTA to restore express subway service on the F line and to extend the V line for local service to Brooklyn: The petition, which you can sign […]

Eyes on the Street: Franklin Avenue

By Aaron Donovan | Jun 15, 2007 | 6 Comments

The Shuttle, as seen from Brevoort Place. This four-stop line deteriorated and was nearly abandoned by the MTA in the 1980s and again in the 1990s. Instead, after community opposition, it was restored for $74 million in 1999, although one station, Dean Street, was closed. Does anybody know more details about the community advocacy that led to the preservation of […]

Assembly Considers Bankrupting MTA to Reduce Congestion

By Brad Aaron | Jun 14, 2007 | 5 Comments

From WCBS-TV via Second Ave. Sagas: The pressure has been mounting on the legislature to pass the mayor’s [congestion pricing] proposal, but when lawmakers are under pressure they tend to get creative … CBS 2 HD learned that a number of alarmed lawmakers are floating creative ways to ease traffic and reduce pollution without […]

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