Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit Funding

Bronx High Schoolers Explain How MTA Funding Works

By Stephen Miller | Sep 23, 2015 | 1 Comment

Who’s in charge of how much a MetroCard swipe costs? To most New York City teenagers, it’s a mystery. But not to a group of 16 Bronx high school students. Monday night, the students presented a 12-minute video they made during a summer course with the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP). It explains everything from who appoints the MTA board to the size of […]

Don’t Believe Team Cuomo’s Spin on the MTA “Lockbox”

By Ben Fried | Sep 18, 2015 | 10 Comments

This is rich. When Mayor Bill de Blasio told the Daily News he’s wary of upping the city’s contribution to the MTA capital program because Governor Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly raided dedicated transit funds, MTA Chair Tom Prendergast said don’t worry, you can trust the governor: “This is nothing more than rhetoric from a mayor who refuses to […]

Governors Want Feds to Pay for Half of Hudson Tunnel; They’ll Split the Rest

By Stephen Miller | Sep 15, 2015 | 3 Comments

Governors Chris Christie of New Jersey and Andrew Cuomo of New York sent a letter to President Barack Obama today with an offer: If the federal government picks up half the tab of building a new $20 billion Hudson River rail tunnel, the two states will split the rest [PDF]. It’s a step forward in […]

Uber Should Pay an MTA Fee Like Yellow Cabs, But the Fee Should Be Smarter

By Stephen Miller | Aug 26, 2015 | 22 Comments

One of the points of debate over Uber’s operations in New York is whether its trips should contribute the same 50-cent surcharge to the MTA that yellow and green taxis do. It’s an easy question to answer in some ways: It doesn’t matter whether a car is yellow, green, or black — if some for-hire vehicles have to […]

Trottenberg: DOT Will Soon Propose Amsterdam Avenue Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Aug 14, 2015 | 22 Comments

DOT will release a long-awaited proposal for a bike lane and other traffic calming measures on Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side this September or October, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show this morning. The announcement comes after years of requests from local advocates and Manhattan Community Board 7 for a […]

Cuomo and Christie Play Chicken With Trans-Hudson Train Commuters

By Stephen Miller | Aug 11, 2015 | 30 Comments

It’s been almost five years since New Jersey Governor Chris Christie killed the ARC tunnel. Things haven’t improved since. The existing two-track rail tunnel, already at capacity, has continued to shoulder growing ridership comprised mostly of NJ Transit commuters. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy added a dose of corrosive salt water to the century-old tunnels. Amtrak warns that one or […]

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