Real-Time Bus Info Launches for All of Staten Island
Real-time bus information, previously only available on two routes, is now live for every bus in the borough of Staten Island. On an average weekday, that means 127,000 local and express bus riders will be able to find out exactly how far away their bus is.
January 11, 2012
For Second Year, MTA Funding Tops NYLCV’s Transpo Agenda
Between continued raids on dedicated transit funds, a cut to the MTA payroll tax, and the state's decision to pay for the last three years of the MTA capital plan with debt, 2011 wasn't a good year for the MTA's finances. The New York League of Conservation Voters is hoping that 2012 turns out to be kinder to transit riders.
January 10, 2012
Thruway Director: Private Financing for Tappan Zee Not a Done Deal
While predicting that work on the new Tappan Zee Bridge could start as early as this summer, incoming Thruway Authority executive director Tom Madison revealed at confirmation hearings yesterday that financing for the new bridge is still very much a work in progress.
January 10, 2012
Lhota Stands For MTA Funding Status Quo in Confirmation Hearings
This afternoon, Joe Lhota was confirmed as the new chairman of the MTA. Hearings held earlier today provided a glimpse into the kind of leadership New York transit riders can expect from Lhota. The new chairman defended the MTA from the most strident attacks of anti-transit state senators. When it came to the question of properly funding the transit system, however, Lhota chose to protect the Cuomo administration's political interests, not transit riders.
January 9, 2012
Study: Painted Bike Lanes Don’t Endanger Pedestrians or Anyone Else
New York City's tabloid media simply can't stop seeing the city's bike boom as a mortal threat to pedestrians. Even research showing a decline in the number of bike-ped crashes was somehow spun to say the opposite, that more cyclists were hitting pedestrians than ever. Now, new peer-reviewed research confirms once again that bike lanes don't endanger pedestrians and don't cause more crashes. If anything, researchers say, they make streets safer.
January 6, 2012
Times Architecture Critic Calls For Eliminating NYC Parking Minimums
The fight to eliminate parking minimums in New York City just went mainstream.
January 6, 2012
Seattle Bridge Toll Eases Traffic. Will It Boost Transit, Too?
Located on a pair of peninsulas, the city of Seattle isn't so easy to reach from its eastern suburbs. Only two bridges cross Lake Washington. Newly-installed tolls across one of the two, the SR-520 bridge, have the potential to seriously reshape travel patterns in the region.
January 6, 2012