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THE EXPLAINER: Everything You Need to Know About These Congestion Pricing Public Meetings
Our full review of weeks of hearings starts with the obvious question: Oh god why is this happening?
September 21, 2021
Monday’s Headlines: MTA Chooses Car Drivers over Bus Riders Edition
So let us get this straight: New Jersey-bound car drivers cause traffic near the Holland Tunnel — and long-suffering New York City bus riders have to suffer more? (Yes.) Plus other news.
August 16, 2021
LAST MINUTE PUSH: Legislators Hope to Get Cyclists And Pedestrians A Voice At The MTA
Activists and bike-friendly legislators are making a final push to get a floor vote for a stalled bill that would bring cyclist and pedestrian input to the MTA's planning process, a longtime oversight and sore spot for anyone who's tried to bike over an MTA bridge such as the Triboro or Gil Hodges.
June 9, 2021
ANALYSIS: Andrew Yang’s ‘Plan’ For The MTA is Empty Promises that Won’t Work Anyway
The mayoral front-runner makes a classic mistake — thinking that more MTA Board members for the city (which he can't get anyway) would solve the city's transit problems.
April 26, 2021
Eyes On The Street: The Flushing Busway is Finally in Effect
Seven months after Mayor de Blasio first announced it, after months of pushback and even a court case, the city's long-stalled Main Street busway finally started rolling on Tuesday.
January 19, 2021
Senate ‘Skinny’ COVID Bill Leaves Mass Transit Starving
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators revealed a coronavirus compromise bill on Tuesday morning that provides less than half of what transit agencies need, an offer that advocates and transit agencies greeted with like being given a lump of coal on Christmas.
December 1, 2020
OPINION: Rich Nabes Get More City Programs, While Poor Areas Struggle for Basic Transit
Restaurant streets have sprouted apace. Bus lanes? Not so much.
August 27, 2020
Is Cuomo’s Overnight Subway Closure a Sneak Attack on Full 24-7 Service?
Will the City that Never Sleeps ever fully wake up from its nap?
June 19, 2020
Report: The MTA Does More for the Nation than The Nation Does for the MTA
Ask not what the MTA can do for your country — ask what you can do for the MTA.
June 17, 2020
Pols Ramp Up Demand for De Blasio to Help Long-Suffering Bus Riders
Dear Mayor de Blasio: Why are you consigning bus riders to "miserable" service?
June 11, 2020
