Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit Funding

Partial Service Restorations Aren’t Good Enough For City Pols, TWU

By Noah Kazis | Jul 24, 2012 | 6 Comments

Across the city, New Yorkers are still demanding their transit back. A dozen elected officials joined the Transport Workers Union on the steps of City Hall this afternoon to demand that all of 2010’s MTA service cuts be restored. Around one-third of the eliminated service will be reinstated under a plan released by the MTA […]

Without Big Toll Hikes, Cuomo’s Tappan Zee Puts Transit Riders at Risk

By Noah Kazis | Jul 24, 2012 | 2 Comments

Andrew Cuomo’s Tappan Zee Bridge does next to nothing for transit riders; the governor is unwilling to spend even $150 million on incremental transit improvements, much less put in the work to design a full transit corridor. But could it also hurt the existing transit system? If Cuomo isn’t willing to make drivers pay the […]

MTA Partially Restores Transit Service and Adds Some New Bus Routes

By Noah Kazis | Jul 19, 2012 | 16 Comments

The MTA is starting to repair some of the damage done by 2010’s devastating round of service cuts. The transit agency has announced a new set of transit service improvements worth $29 million a year, making up roughly a third of what was cut in 2010. Riders will also get a two-month reprieve from next […]

Transpo Bill Preserves Transit Funding, Wastes Opportunities For Progress

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 28, 2012 | No Comments

In H.R.7 — the transpo bill so backwards even the House couldn’t pass it — the roads-only crowd threw transit riders under the bus, as it were, eliminating dedicated funding for transit, which was left to fend for itself off scraps from the general fund. The best thing one can say about the bill issued by […]

Albany 2012: Lawmakers Strike Out on Safe Streets and Transit

By Brad Aaron | Jun 26, 2012 | 5 Comments

Albany lawmakers had several opportunities during the 2012 session to come through for transit riders, pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. They came up short on every count. A bill targeted at NYPD’s self-imposed ban on citing motorists for careless driving passed the State Senate transportation committee but did not come to a vote in the full […]

This Time, Lockbox Bill Falls Short in Legislature, Leaving Riders at Risk

By Noah Kazis | Jun 22, 2012 | 4 Comments

A bill that would protect dedicated transit funds from being stolen by Albany failed to pass the legislature this year, leaving riders upstate and downstate at continued risk of further service cuts at the hands of the state budget process. Since 2009, Albany has taken away $260 million in funds promised to the MTA, and […]

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