Streetsblog stories from MTA

May 2008

Thu 29: Responding to Criticism, Sen. Adams to Hold Transpo Meeting 13

Mon 19: Will the Real Transit Advocates Please Stand Up? 57

Mon 19: MTA Reaches Deal for Hudson Yards... Again 2

Mon 19: MTA Launches Bike-and-Ride Web Site 16

Wed 14: Daily News to Congestion Pricing Opponents: "Your Fault" 15

April 2008

Tue 22: Will Richard Ravitch Resurrect Congestion Pricing? 8

Tue 8: Gene Russianoff on the MTA's $17.5 Billion Hole 12

Mon 7: Breaking: Joan Millman to Vote "Yes" on Pricing 18

Mon 7: With Congestion Pricing Dead, a $17 Billion Transit Deficit Looms 34

Wed 2: Brennan Introduces Alternative Pricing Bill in Assembly 32

Wed 2: Corzine Ratchets Up Interstate Bickering 13

March 2008

Mon 31: $1 Billion From Port Authority Not Enough for Shelly Silver 23

Fri 28: Bloomberg: Expect Some Tweaks to Pricing Bill 13

Thu 27: Robots Against Congestion Pricing 20

Wed 26: Quinn Says MTA Troubles Show Why We Need Pricing 3

Tue 25: Pricing Hearing: Sadik-Khan and Aggarwala Explain the Details 31

Fri 21: Congestion Pricing Bill: Fun With Legalese 27

Wed 19: Bloomberg Says There's No Reason Pricing Shouldn't Pass 40

Wed 5: Silver Calls Hearing on Pricing and MTA Capital Plan 8

Tue 4: Council Members Want "Blatantly Unfair" Toll Credit Corrected 56

Mon 3: Sander Makes the Case for MTA Capital Plan and Pricing 3

Mon 3: Denny Farrell: Less Traffic and Pollution? No Thanks. 17

February 2008

Fri 15: To Lubricate Street Life, Lower the Unlimited Fare 29

Thu 14: Queens Pricing Opponents Push a Fantasy Commuter Tax 26

Fri 8: New Congestion Pricing Plan, Same Jeffrey Dinowitz 10

Mon 4: The Human Rights Argument For BRT And Pricing 16

Fri 1: Congestion Pricing Plan Includes a "Livable Streets Lock Box" 54

January 2008

Thu 31: Congestion Commission Recommendation: First Look 44

Thu 31: Congestion Panel to Recommend Abbreviated Pricing Plan 20

Mon 28: What Will It Take for Assemblyman Kellner to Vote for Pricing? 12

Mon 28: StreetFilm: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Bogotá 64

Wed 23: Ridership Surges on MTA Bus Co. Routes 6

Thu 17: Road Pricing and Public Transit: The "Virtuous Cycle" 19

Thu 17: As Anti-Pricing Arguments Fall Away, It's Just Parking & Politics 6

Fri 4: A Year After Eric Ng's Death, Greenway Hazards Remain Unfixed 42

December 2007

Thu 20: MTA Cheered and Jeered, But Mostly Jeered 6

Wed 19: Shocker: MTA Board Approves Fare Hike 32

Mon 10: More Boring Photos 6

November 2007

Tue 27: Eliminate the Parking Requirement 65

Mon 26: TSTC.org Would Be More Thankful If... 4

Tue 20: Spitzer Basks in Fare Freeze Afterglow 16

Tue 20: Spitzer Calls on MTA to Retain $2 Base Fare 18

Mon 19: NYC Voters Oppose Pricing Unless it Helps Prevent a Fare Hike 37

Wed 14: Brian Ketcham Proposes a "Simpler, Cheaper Traffic Fix" 41

Tue 13: Saturday: MTA to Liven Up Public Hearings 3

Fri 9: MTA Chief Links Congestion Pricing to Fare Hike... or Not 35

Thu 8: Big Builders Explain Why Congestion Pricing is Important 4

Thu 8: For the Best in Transportainment, Try a Pedicab 8

Tue 6: Staten Islanders Keeping an Open Mind on Congestion Pricing 25

October 2007

Mon 29: The Bogotá Transformation: Vision and Political Will 33

Mon 29: Bruno: "The people who travel around are taxed enough." 7

Mon 29: Correcting Thursday's MTA Bike Seizure Correction 5

Thu 25: MTA: Not Stealing Bikes. Just Following the Rules. 23

Wed 24: Now the MTA is Stealing Bikes in Williamsburg 65

Wed 17: Promising Aid, Lawmakers Ask MTA Not to Raise Fares 1

Mon 15: The MTA is Testing Battery-Powered Buses 6

Thu 11: Caption Contest: MTA Public Outreach Strategy 25

Mon 8: MTA Says it Needs More Money for Congestion Pricing 10

Wed 3: Doubts About DOT Congestion Prescription in Jax Heights 1

September 2007

Wed 26: Variable Pricing at MTA Bridges and Tunnels Would Ease Traffic 8

Mon 10: MTA Marks 75 Years of A Train Service 6

Thu 6: On Behalf of 5.2% of His Constituents, Dinowitz Opposes Pricing 54

August 2007

Fri 24: First-Ever Electronic Bus Status Display Installed in Manhattan 18

Thu 23: Make Your Own Subway Advisory 0

July 2007

Fri 13: BRT Moving Ahead but City Pushes Back the Timeline a Bit 7

Thu 12: Details of Proposed Bus Service Expansion 9

June 2007

Thu 28: Express F Rally Today, with Council Members 2

Wed 27: Roberts: MTA Needs Congestion Pricing 6

Wed 20: Q&A With Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan 20

Fri 15: Eyes on the Street: Franklin Avenue 6

Thu 14: Assembly Considers Bankrupting MTA to Reduce Congestion 5

Fri 8: 96th St. Subway Station and Sidewalk Reduction Moving Ahead 3

Thu 7: Congestion Pricing Plan Advancing Rapidly 6

April 2007

Mon 30: Who Wants to Drive Into a City That's Under Water? 0

Fri 27: Bus Bulbs Useless Without Enforcement 10

Tue 10: Co-op City Group Wants Bus Rapid Transit to Keep Its Distance 3

March 2007

Tue 20: Mayor Bloomberg at the Crossroads: Who Will Run DOT? 13

February 2007

Mon 26: A Weekend Subway Ride With Robert Moses 15

Tue 20: Will "Atlantic Yards" Kill the JFK-Lower Manhattan Rail Link? 4

December 2006

Fri 15: Sander Picked for MTA Director 8

October 2006

Fri 27: Rumor Mill: The MTA's Next Chairman 2

Wed 25: MTA Response to Pokey: Traffic Congestion = "Vibrancy" 10

Tue 24: DOT Announces Five Bus Rapid Transit Corridors 33