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Monday’s Headlines: The Problem with Bill de Blasio Editon
Tonight at City College, the city finally starts the agonizingly long process of expanding Citi Bike. Why is it taking so long? Blame the mayor. That, plus other news.
October 21, 2019
Even More Data Shows That City’s ‘Car-Ban’ on 14th Street is Making Buses Work
"We've shown what can be done if you have true transit priority, and I'd love to replicate that elsewhere," NYCT President Andy Byford said on Thursday afternoon.
October 17, 2019
MTA Reveals $51B Capital Plan — Now the Challenge is Funding it
It's real, it's expensive and it's historic (again).
September 16, 2019
The MTA’s Secret Capital Plan Is More Secretive Than We Thought
Congestion pricing will soon fill the MTA bank account — but the agency is being very secretive about how it plans to spend the windfall.
August 26, 2019
MTA’s $4M Reorganization Plan Shifts Around Some Deck Chairs
The public's first look at the proposal for MTA II shows a focus on consolidation that could take power from subway chief Andy Byford.
July 15, 2019
Secret MTA Reorganization Plan is Actually Quite Public, MTA Chair Says
The MTA's secretive reorganization process has and will continue to be forward-facing, MTA Chairman Pat Foye said on Thursday morning.
July 11, 2019
The Rumor Mill: Separating Fact from Fiction in Andrew Cuomo’s Bid to Sideline Andy Byford
As the MTA hurtles towards a huge reorganization, no one knows what the next phase of the MTA will actually look like, or who will get to run what.
July 4, 2019
Transit Advocates to Cuomo: Don’t Keep Us in the Dark
Dear Governor, can you make sure you fix the MTA right?
June 18, 2019
Op-Ed: The ‘Customer’ Is Always Right — Except When Being Called ‘Customer’
Criticizing this language may seem nitpicky. But the words symbolize the political tensions at the MTA and in the city and state at large — what gets built, who pays for it and, at the end of the day, who is it all for anyway?
June 18, 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
