Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transit Funding

Why Won’t the “New York Works Fund” Pay for Transit?

By Noah Kazis | Feb 7, 2012 | 2 Comments

Despite the fact that over one quarter of the state’s population takes transit to work, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s marquee infrastructure program won’t invest in public transportation. With so much still unknown about the governor’s “New York Works Fund” — including very basic information about how it will be structured — the reason why Cuomo is […]

NYC Congress Members, MTA Chief Repudiate House GOP Attack on Transit

By Noah Kazis | Feb 6, 2012 | 3 Comments

Four New York City members of Congress joined the chairman of the MTA today to bluntly denounce the House GOP’s anti-transit transportation bill. “It’s the worst piece of legislation you could ever imagine,” said MTA chief Joe Lhota, a Republican who served as the city’s budget director during the Giuliani administration. “The worst transportation bill […]

Massive Coalition Opposes House GOP Attempt to Eviscerate Transit

By Ben Goldman | Feb 3, 2012 | No Comments

The House Ways and Means committee has just passed a bill that would kick transit out of the Highway Trust Fund, casting aside a 30-year history of providing a dedicated funding source for federal transit programs. Transit instead would be funded by a transfer from the general fund, which would have to be offset by […]

House GOP Moves to Decimate Dedicated Transit Funding

By Ben Goldman | Feb 2, 2012 | No Comments

In a move that should dispel any remaining thoughts that the House transportation bill [PDF] will ever be signed into law, the Ways and Means Committee announced today that they will try to forbid gas tax revenue from funding transit. The Ways & Means bill [PDF] would funnel all gas tax revenue toward road programs, […]

Albany 2012: Transit Funds, Traffic Cams Top Transportation Agenda

By Noah Kazis | Feb 2, 2012 | 1 Comment

Many of Albany’s biggest transportation issues this year — the bloated and transit-free Tappan Zee, the unfunded MTA capital plan — will be decided by Governor Cuomo. But transportation advocates also have a slate of bills they hope to see make it through the legislature. Last year, the complete streets bill passed after a few […]

Joe Lhota: The MTA Needs New Tax Revenue

By Noah Kazis | Jan 23, 2012 | 9 Comments

The MTA needs new revenues, announced chairman Joe Lhota during a broad-ranging panel discussion at Fordham University this morning. “There’s going to be the need for broad-based tax revenue somewhere within the system over the next couple of years,” Lhota said, noting that he’s generally the kind of conservative person loath to call for tax […]

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