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‘Progressives’ Should Support Public Transit Over Private Vehicles
If you want to call yourself a "progressives" you need to stop opposing transit that serves the many, not the wealthier few with automobiles. Only then will we attain a safe and sustainable city.
July 1, 2019
Busway Blues: Judge Halts City’s Transit Plan for 14th Street
A judge has ordered the city to halt its plans to convert a long stretch of 14th Street into a bus route — dashing, at least for now, a basic improvement of service for long-suffering transit riders.
June 28, 2019
UPDATED: 14th Street Landowners Sue City over Car-Free ‘Busway’
The 14th Street Coalition says the DOT plan violates state environmental law because the agency didn't conduct a serious assessment of the impact that banning cars from 14th Street would have on neighboring residential streets.
June 21, 2019
To Fix the Bronx Bus Network, Byford Needs More Enforcement
The transportation officials who are in the process of overhauling the entire Bronx bus network warn that simply redrawing colored lines on a map won’t improve service unless the city and state do more to keep cars out of bus lanes.
June 17, 2019
Changes Coming to Deadly Church Ave. In Hopes of Increasing Bus Speeds
One of the most deadly streets in Brooklyn is slated for upgrades this summer as part of the city's campaign for safer streets and faster bus service, transportation officials announced Monday.
June 12, 2019
Anatomy of a Resignation: Why Polly Trottenberg Quit the MTA Board
Of course Polly Trottenberg quit the MTA board — it's a fake, no-power, fig-leaf body that ultimately has no place for an intelligent, committed professional person whose own boss let her down repeatedly.
June 6, 2019
BREAKING: MTA Cuts Back on Bus Service Amid Ongoing Ridership Crisis
Thirteen months after the launch of Andy Byford's "Bus Action Plan," New York City Transit will reduce service on specific routes this summer "to more closely align with customer demand," according to a memo distributed to MTA board members on Monday.
May 20, 2019
How Should the MTA Fix the Queens Bus Network? (No, Really, We’re Asking You)
Join Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. as he takes you inside a recent bus network redesign workshop.
May 15, 2019
Op-Ed: My Commute on the M14 Bus is a Dehumanizing Disaster
Our correspondent says he has ridden buses all over the city, but nothing compares to the experience that is the 14D bus.
May 1, 2019
Four Lessons for 14th Street From Toronto’s Transit-First King Street
The city is undertaking an experiment by creating a transit and truck priority route on 14th Street — based on a successful version in Toronto. But has New York's Department of Transportation completely followed the lesson plan of Toronto's King Street — or just selected a few items off the a la carte menu?
April 29, 2019
