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November 2009
Thu 12: Taxi Surcharges and Congestion Pricing -- They Go Great Together 15
Mon 9: The Winning Transpo Formula for a Third Term: Sustainability + Populism 10
Fri 6: Tish James: We Need to Improve NYC's Most Unreliable Bus, But... 19
Thu 5: Student Killed on Ninth Ave. Is Fourth City Pedestrian Fatality in Five Days 19
Mon 2: Brooklyn Bus Stop Draws Bigger Crowd Than Thompson Anti-BRT "Rally" 45
Mon 2: Eyes on the Street: Disrespect, and Defiance, at the Bus Stop 11
October 2009
Mon 26: Jay Walder and NYC Buses, Part 2: What Can the MTA Do for Bus Riders? 11
Fri 23: NYCDOT Ups the Livable Streets Ante in Revised Strategic Plan 18
Thu 22: Off-Peak Discounts for NYC Transit: An Intriguing Idea 24
Wed 21: Jay Walder's Well-Placed Priorities: Doing More With New York City Buses 9
Tue 6: Eyes on the Street: Busted in the Bus Lane 13
September 2009
Thu 17: Council Targets Roaming Tour Buses, Old School Buses 0
August 2009
Wed 12: Bus Tracking Sabotage: NYPD Clogs 34th Street Lane After Displays Go Live 17
Tue 11: Real-Time Bus Tracking Pilot Is Live on 34th Street [Updated] 16
Thu 6: Eyes on the Street: NYPD Meets Bx12 Riders Halfway 7
Wed 5: Stringer: Bus Lane Blocking Rampant, NYPD Nowhere to Be Found 12
Tue 4: Bloomberg Tests Free-Transit Waters 19
July 2009
Mon 13: Transpo Bills Gummed Up By State Senate Dysfunction 3
Thu 9: Eyes on the Street: NYPD Shows Bus Lane Scofflaws How It's Done 19
June 2009
Thu 25: Streetfilms: Hey Port Authority, How About More Room for Buses? 12
May 2009
Thu 14: TSTC to Port Authority: Bus Service Across Hudson Needs to Improve, Fast 4
April 2009
Fri 24: Is the Obama Administration Poised to Push Transit? 4
Wed 8: State DOT Pulls Transit Bait-and-Switch on Staten Island 17
Mon 6: B77 Riders Protest Service Cuts. Is Velmanette Montgomery Listening? 3
March 2009
Mon 30: Streetfilms: Taking a Ride on Bx12 Select Bus Service 0
Wed 11: Wiki Wednesday: Zürich, Where Transit Gets Priority on the Street 3
Fri 6: Bus Riders Testify About the Necessity of Transit 2
Wed 4: Streetfilms: Seattle's Bus Chick on the Rewards of the Riding Life 13
February 2009
Fri 6: Commute Times in Weiner Land Lag as Bus Ridership Booms 14
January 2009
Fri 30: Real-Time Bus Info: There's Always Next Year 24
Fri 30: Connecting Transportation and Politics in Southern Queens 4
Thu 29: Obama Stimulus Leaves Bus Riders By the Side of The Road 17
Fri 23: Hire a Construction Worker, Fire a Bus Driver? 24
December 2008
Fri 19: Will the Transit-Riding Public Get a Fair Shake? 19
Fri 12: LSN Member of the Week: Mr. Theo 0
Thu 11: San Francisco Mayor to NYC: "Eat Your Heart Out." 25
Mon 8: "Stuck in That Congestion? I Got One Suggestion: Use a Bike Rack" 24
Wed 3: Another Reason to Embrace Pre-Payment 9
Wed 3: Ravitch Rumor Mill: Report to Urge More Investment in BRT 9
Tue 2: Blocking the Box: Traffic Concerns Nix Big Retail From GWB Bus Station 10
Mon 1: Pedestrians, Bus Riders, and Cyclists Get a Better Bronx Hub 8
November 2008
Thu 20: Dear Mr. Brodsky: What Now? 8
Wed 12: Manhattan Buses Dominate Pokey and Schleppie Awards 5
Mon 10: Eyes on the Street: NYPD Continues to Mistake Bus Lane for Parking 12
Thu 6: Having a Kid Doesn't Mean Having a Car 12
October 2008
Tue 21: Rubbing Elbows on a Crowded Bus in Alaska 3
Wed 15: Streetfilms: JUMP Aboard the Boulder Bus 5
Tue 14: Eyes on the Street: Going Soft on Bus Lane Violators 9
Fri 10: Bronx Hub Gets Smorgasbord of Ped-Bike-Transit Enhancements 5
September 2008
Fri 26: Eyes on the Street: Words Fail 21
Mon 22: Cops, Cabs and Trucks Ignore 34th Street SBS Lane 14
Wed 17: TSTC Issues Lincoln Tunnel Emancipation Proclamation 3
Mon 15: At Grand Central, Sen. Clinton Calls for Funding Mass Transit 9
Tue 2: Going Back-to-School in the Age of the $4 Gallon 10
August 2008
Mon 4: Eyes on the Street: 34th Street Runs Red With Paint 17
July 2008
Mon 14: Cleveland's Health Line Setting a National Example for Bus Rapid Transit 8
Mon 7: Eyes on the Street: Red Means "Stop" ... in the Bus Lane 12
Thu 3: Rider Report: Select Bus Service Shaves Trip Time 16
June 2008
Mon 30: Bus Riders Warm to Select Bus Service, Drivers Love Red Parking Lane 34
Fri 27: How David Gantt Sent Bus Cameras to Defeat in Albany 25
Wed 25: Eyes on the Street: Ikea Shuttles Tearing Through Brooklyn 'Hoods 49
Thu 19: Shining a Light on Albany's Bus Camera Vote 11
Wed 18: Assembly Transpo Committee Kills Bus Lane Enforcement Bill 69
Tue 17: City Council Says "Yes" to Car-Free Bus Lanes. Now It's Up to Albany. 14
Tue 3: Albany to Consider Bus Lane Enforcement Legislation 16
May 2008
Wed 28: Defying Media Spin, Poll Shows Public Support for Delhi BRT 3
Tue 13: Bus Rapid Transit Under Fire in Delhi, India 10
Mon 12: A Bridge and Tunnel Transit Solution 23
Fri 9: Northern Virginia Locked In to Congested Roads 11
Wed 7: Rivera: Pricing Still the Way to Go 1
Mon 5: New London Mayor Talks Up Buses and Bikes (Updated) 6
April 2008
Fri 25: COMMUTE's BRT Plan: A Denser Network and Interborough Lines 11
Thu 24: Paco Abraham Turns Duane Reade on to Bike Racks 16
Tue 22: How Paris is Beating Traffic Without Congestion Pricing 30
Tue 15: Jessica Lappin: Congestion Pricing Advocate 20
Tue 15: Après Congestion Pricing, It's Time to Look at the Paris Model 19
Fri 4: What Glick's District Will Lose Without Congestion Pricing 21
Fri 4: What Your District Loses Without Congestion Pricing 3
Wed 2: We Win!!!... a Trip to Albany? 9
March 2008
Tue 25: NYC's First Bus Rapid Transit Line Debuts in the Bronx 15
Tue 25: Pricing Hearing: Sadik-Khan and Aggarwala Explain the Details 31
Mon 24: Sadik-Khan: What We Lose Without Congestion Pricing [Updated] 9
Fri 21: What Paterson's Senate District Stands to Gain From Pricing 4
Thu 20: Pricing Round Up: Persuasive Arguments, Rigged Polls, New Buses 19
Fri 7: Car-Free Washington Place? Not in My Driveway, Say Residents 25
Fri 7: Today's Headlines 15
Wed 5: Iowa's Senator Harkin Introduces "Complete Streets Act" 11
Tue 4: Union Campaign Calls for Mary Peters' Ouster 0
Mon 3: Sander Makes the Case for MTA Capital Plan and Pricing 3
Sat 1: Savvy Cyclist Class 0
February 2008
Tue 26: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About BRT 8
Wed 20: Peñalosa to New York Pols: BRT & Pricing Benefit Working Class 11
Fri 15: "Lock Box" Provides $39M for Livable Streets, Ferries, BRT 13
Mon 11: Has Richard Brodsky Ever Paid a Subway Fare? 22
Fri 8: State Senator's Car is Towed During Congestion Pricing Meeting 10
Mon 4: The Human Rights Argument For BRT And Pricing 16
January 2008
Thu 31: Congestion Commission Recommendation: First Look 44
Tue 29: No Clear Transpo Agenda From GOP Presidential Candidates 8
Tue 29: Are Subway Riders the Angriest Commuters? 55
Mon 28: Streetfilm: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Bogotá 66
Wed 23: Ridership Surges on MTA Bus Co. Routes 6
Thu 17: Road Pricing and Public Transit: The "Virtuous Cycle" 19
Tue 15: The Battle for Britain's Roads 9
Thu 10: Whoa: NYPD Ticketing Bus Lane Violators 28
December 2007
Fri 14: Congestion Pricing: Bloomberg Needs to Sweeten the Deal 34
Tue 4: Good Streets Include Streetcars 49
November 2007
Mon 26: New Refuge Islands for Bronx Pedestrians & Bus Riders 9
Tue 20: Spitzer Calls on MTA to Retain $2 Base Fare 18
Mon 19: StreetFilms: Bay Ridge Bus Commuters Talk Congestion Pricing 18
Thu 8: For the Best in Transportainment, Try a Pedicab 8
Thu 1: Low Turnout But Surprising Support at Bronx Congestion Hearing 8
October 2007
Wed 31: Congestion Pricing Supporters Speak Up in Queens 9
Wed 31: Queens Civic Congress Has Its Own Plan 3
Tue 30: The M23 Bus Earns the 2007 Pokey Award 8
Mon 29: The Bogotá Transformation: Vision and Political Will 33
Thu 25: Pricing Hearings Begin With Away Double-Header 6
Fri 19: RPA Refutes Anti-Pricing “Alternatives” Study 9
Mon 15: Fact Remains: No Congestion Pricing = No Federal Funds 7
Mon 15: The MTA is Testing Battery-Powered Buses 6
Wed 3: Doubts About DOT Congestion Prescription in Jax Heights 1
August 2007
Fri 24: First-Ever Electronic Bus Status Display Installed in Manhattan 18
Mon 20: The Urban Transportation Report Card 7
Tue 14: Feds to NYC: "Get on the Bus" 25
Tue 14: Details of the US DOT's $354.5 Million Grant to NYC 3
Mon 13: Make That 21 Council Members in Favor of Pricing 4
Thu 2: Melbourne, Australia After a Decade of Focus on Public Spaces 12
July 2007
Thu 26: French Revolution 18
Tue 24: Microbuses and Bike Sharing: The New Parisian Street Scene 11
Wed 18: Critical Transportation Reforms Sink With Pricing 7
Fri 13: Highlights From This Week's Mobilizing the Region 3
Fri 13: BRT Moving Ahead but City Pushes Back the Timeline a Bit 7
Thu 12: Details of Proposed Bus Service Expansion 9
Tue 10: $300+ Million in Bus Improvements Held Hostage in Albany 1
Tue 10: Queens Legislator Offers Congestion Pricing Torpedo 38
Mon 9: It's Getting Better All the Time 1
Thu 5: Slow Going for New Bus Lanes 11
June 2007
Wed 27: Roberts: MTA Needs Congestion Pricing 6
Wed 20: Q&A With Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan 20
Tue 19: The Perfect Argument for Congestion Pricing 15
Fri 15: It's the Bus Riders, Stupid. 4
Thu 14: Assembly Considers Bankrupting MTA to Reduce Congestion 5
May 2007
Thu 24: Queens Blogger Runs His Own Commuter Contest 48
Thu 17: The Car Habit Is Tough to Break 20
Fri 11: PlaNYC Quietly Introduces "Safe Routes to Transit" 3
Thu 10: High-Emission Vehicles to Pay £200 ($400!) to Enter London 4
Thu 10: There Are Certain Facts That We've All Got to Face Up To 4
Tue 8: Ninth Street Update: Robert's Rules of Order 24
Mon 7: Choose Your Own Hells Kitchen 4
Fri 4: Gene Russianoff on the MTA's Day of Reckoning 9
April 2007
Fri 27: Bus Bulbs Useless Without Enforcement 10
Tue 24: What $13 Billion Looks Like 7
Tue 17: Queens Residents Oppose Loss of Parking for Bus Rapid Transit 13
Mon 16: Overheard on the Bus: NYC Bicyclists Losing the PR War 26
Tue 10: Co-op City Group Wants Bus Rapid Transit to Keep Its Distance 3
Sun 1: Breaking News: Frieden Tapped as DOT Commish 14
March 2007
Thu 29: Opposition Brewing to DOT's Proposal for 9th Street Bike Lanes 15
Mon 12: Insta-Bus Rapid Transit for Lower Manhattan 1
Sun 11: Quick Bus and Ped Improvements Coming to Lower Broadway 10
February 2007
Fri 9: 40,000+ U.S. Buses Are Equipped With Bike Racks. None in NYC. 13
January 2007
Wed 10: Making Hell's Kitchen Less Hellish 20
Mon 8: Sunday Times City Section Hits Livable Street Trifecta 1
Wed 3: Day Two: Ten Things for Governor Spitzer to Fix 21
December 2006
Thu 7: Three Concrete Proposals for New York City Traffic Relief 15
November 2006
Tue 28: Curbside Space Wars 8
Wed 8: Buses and Atlantic Yards 0
October 2006
Fri 27: Life on Crutches in NYC 3
Tue 24: And the 2006 Pokey Award Goes to... 1
Tue 24: DOT Announces Five Bus Rapid Transit Corridors 33
Tue 17: Thursday's Transpo Conference: A Call for Reform 8
September 2006
Tue 26: Beyond Thermoplast, Street Signs and Signal Timing 21
Fri 8: Street Films: Hell's Kitchen Miracle Ticket 6
August 2006
Fri 11: Traffic Continues to Disappear in Paris 2
July 2006
Wed 12: Bus Stop. Hamburg, Germany 2
Wed 5: Streetfilms: The Defeat of the Mt. Hood Freeway 0
June 2006
Mon 19: Untangling Traffic: Bloomberg's Forgotten Promise 0
April 2006
Wed 19: Slow-Moving Bus Rapid Transit 5