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MTA

Let The Sun Shine In: Here’s What Transit Watchers Want From the MTA’s New Open Data Portal

Here's what local transit insiders want to know:

Dave Colon

November 8, 2021

Let The Sun Shine In: Here’s What Transit Watchers Want From the MTA’s New Open Data Portal

Streetsblog USA |Podcast

Talking Headways Podcast: A National Perspective on Building Transit

This week we’re joined by Jannet Walker-Ford to chat about high-speed rail around the country, the benefits of trade and research groups, escalating transit-project costs, and the transport-policy environment.

Jeff Wood

November 4, 2021

Midtown

ANALYSIS: Hochul’s New Penn Station Will Be Pleasant To Walk Through, But Won’t Add Train Capacity

Gov. Hochul's announcement on Wednesday that New York was building a "Penn Station worthy of New Yorkers" is basically a billion-dollar facelift.

Dave Colon

November 4, 2021

Bicycle Parking

OPINION: Connecting Cyclists and E-Scooter Users With the MTA

The authority could do much — right now and fairly cheaply — to help active-transportation users make first/last mile connections with transit.

Dan Suraci

October 29, 2021

Andrew Gounardes

Brooklyn Pol Pushes Bill to Require MTA’s OMNY to Serve Poorer Riders Now

State Sen. Andrew Gounardes wants the OMNY system to stop charging straphangers for fares once they've paid the same amount as a weekly or monthly pass — a well-established "unlimited ride" concept known as fare-capping.

Gersh Kuntzman

October 28, 2021

Carnage

Thursday’s Headlines: The Port Authority’s Climate Strip-Tease Edition

The Port Authority says it will announce "aggressive" climate goals today. Let's see if it discourages driving! Plus other news.

Eve Kessler

October 28, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Climate Change

Kerry Warns Budget Bill Delay Will Hold Global Climate Goals Hostage

Centrist bickering over the size of the Democrats' budget reconciliation will have dire consequences for key international climate goals, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry warns — and sustainable transportation priorities will be dealt a particularly hard blow.