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The MTA plans to begin rolling out the Metrocard's replacement next year. Photo: Darny/Flickr

MTA and City Screw Working Poor with So-Called ‘Fair Fares’

By David Meyer | Nov 15, 2018 | 35 Comments

A discount on weekly and monthly Metrocards doesn't help the working poor — who tend to pay as they go because they don't have big money to spend up front.

In happier times. File photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

New York’s Amazon Deal Has Little For Miserable Queens Commuters

By David Meyer | Nov 14, 2018 | 6 Comments

Transit is not going to get appreciably better under this sweetheart deal with Amazon.

Yes, it's sometimes crowded, but the subway is the solution.

Sweetheart Deal for Amazon Includes Tiny ‘Infrastructure Fund’ for City

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 13, 2018 | 21 Comments

Could an "infrastructure fund" help ease the burden of having 25,000 Amazonians move to Long Island City?

The BQX streetcar is a $2.7-billion boondoggle, our columnist says. Image: Friends of BQX

Op-Ed: BQX Streetcar Plan Should Be Scrapped for Bus Rapid Transit

By Anonymous | Nov 12, 2018 | 61 Comments

There is a far better, far cheaper alternative to the streetcar: Bus Rapid Transit.

MTA's Andy Byford and DOT's Polly Trottenberg have already briefed reporters about the coming L train shutdown. Photo: David Meyer

READ ALL ABOUT IT: Full MTA/DOT L Train Update

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 30, 2018 | 3 Comments

Here we go, transit nerds: The full MTA/DOT L-train release!

This is my signing off pose. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Streetsblog Forever

By Ben Fried | Oct 19, 2018 | 16 Comments

Here's what changed during my ten immensely rewarding years producing stories for Streetsblog - and what's still on the to-do list.

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