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October 2009
Tue 20: How the $8.7 Billion Transportation Contracting Gap Is Hitting Your State 1
Wed 7: Obama’s Engaged With Transit More in 9 Months than Bush Did in 8 Years 0
September 2009
Wed 30: Senate Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport 0
Wed 30: The Assumption of Inconvenience 32
Tue 29: New Report: Feds Subsidizing Parking Six Times as Much as Transit 8
Wed 23: The Case for Open MTA Data: Transparency, Savings, and Easier Riding 17
Tue 22: Report: 10 Percent Transit Growth Would Help Meet House Climate Target 0
August 2009
Tue 18: Transit Cuts Report Underscores Cities' Congressional Influence 3
Thu 6: Audit Finds U.S. DOT Transit Record-Keeping "Unreliable," "Inaccurate" 3
Wed 5: Following "Cash for Clunkers" With "Riches for Rail" 3
Mon 3: Bloomberg 2009 Unveils a Transit Platform, But No Way to Pay for It 9
July 2009
Thu 23: A Smart Way for the Feds to Fund Transit Service 3
Wed 22: Advocating for a Transpo Bill That Keeps Transit Riders Moving 4
Thu 9: Top 20 Metro Areas Get 28% of Road Stimulus, 61% of Transit Stimulus 0
Thu 9: Congestion Study Sparks Clever Headlines, But Little Transit Talk 4
June 2009
Fri 26: The Wall Street Tax Shelter That Crashed Your Local Transit Agency 9
Thu 18: The Oberstar Bill: What About the Highways-Transit Split? 1
Thu 11: Carnahan Steps Up Push for Federal Help With Transit Operating 3
Fri 5: Pod People Wage War on Light Rail, Other Reality-Based Transpo Projects 227
Thu 4: Transit Planners to Congress: Please Figure Out How to Fund Us 3
May 2009
Thu 21: The Cyclist Wins Again 11
April 2009
Thu 30: Doomsday Across America 3
March 2009
Fri 27: Whither the MTA: Beyond the Failed Stopgap 14
Wed 11: Wiki Wednesday: Zürich, Where Transit Gets Priority on the Street 3
Tue 10: Beyond Ravitch: Still Time for a Bolder Plan 25
February 2009
Wed 18: Hope Springs Eternal for American Transpo Policy 8
Fri 13: Tonight: PBS on Transit, States, and the Stimulus 6
Thu 12: Final Stimulus Bill Slaps Transit Riders in the Face 23
Tue 10: Cartoon Tuesday: Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back? 0
Wed 4: Albany's Transit Sins Come Back to Bite America 4
Tue 3: Tell Your Senator to Support Transit and Green Jobs, Not Highways 1
Mon 2: Schumer Proposes $6.5B More for Transit in Senate Stim Bill 10
January 2009
Fri 30: Connecting Transportation and Politics in Southern Queens 4
Thu 29: Obama Stimulus Leaves Bus Riders By the Side of The Road 17
Thu 29: Is Transit a Priority for Nancy Pelosi? 4
Wed 28: Nadler Amendment: The Ayes Have It 13
Wed 28: Last Chance to Tell House Reps to Vote for Transit 4
Wed 28: Chuck Schumer on Transit: I've Got Your Back, Fairfield County 12
Wed 28: Call This Morning to Boost Transit Funding in Stimulus Package 4
Tue 27: Nadler Amendment Clears Rules Committee. Floor Vote Next. 2
Tue 27: Call Now for a Better Transit Stimulus 5
Tue 27: House Nixes Funding for Transit Service. Where Is Schumer? 5
Mon 26: Rep. DeFazio's Amendment Required to Be Withdrawn 6
Mon 26: Stimulus Fight Heats Up in Senate and House 4
Mon 26: Quick Hits From Last Week's House Transpo Committee Hearing 0
Fri 23: Hire a Construction Worker, Fire a Bus Driver? 24
Wed 21: Wiki Wednesday: Transit and the Stimulus 6
Thu 8: Quick Impressions of the MTA's Sustainability Report 7
December 2008
Fri 19: Congestion Pricing vs. Ravitch Plan: Which is Better for the Boroughs? 26
Tue 16: New DOT Measuring Stick Highlights Need for Transit and Bike Investment 4
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
Fri 5: Will Transit, Bikes, and Peds Get a Stimulus We Can Believe In? 11
Thu 4: More on the Ravitch Commission's MTA Fix 20
November 2008
Fri 21: Kheel Planners: MTA Austerity a Recipe for Gridlock Hell 7
Thu 20: Report: Good Transit and Good Jobs Go Hand in Hand 1
Wed 5: High-Speed Rail Looks Golden in a Good Night for Transit 2
Tue 4: Big Day for Transportation Ballot Initiatives 6
October 2008
Thu 30: Transit Blamed for Suburban St. Louis Crime 17
Wed 29: AIG Collapse Leaves Transit Agencies in the Lurch 4
Mon 27: No Takers for Contest to Make Fun of Walking, Biking, Transit 13
Fri 17: Report: American Cities Raring to Build $248B in Transit Projects 0
Thu 16: Using Twitter to Catch a Train 3
Fri 10: PBS Exposes the Joys of Transit 12
September 2008
Tue 23: Google Transit Mapping Comes to New York 2
Thu 18: Brookings: Feds Should Stop Giving Transit Projects the Run-Around 4
Tue 16: Ravitch Commission Faces Difficult Task of Shoring Up MTA's Future 11
Mon 15: At Grand Central, Sen. Clinton Calls for Funding Mass Transit 9
Mon 15: Time for Legislators to Commit to Better NJ-NYC Transit Access 7
Mon 15: What If a Rep From NYC Chaired the Assembly Transpo Committee? 5
Tue 9: U.S. Senate Getting Serious About Transit Stimulus 8
Wed 3: Sarah Palin, Transit Advocate? 7
August 2008
Wed 27: Pew Poll: Most Americans Want More Transit Investment 5
Thu 21: Who Loves Traffic? Dan and the Highway Lobby 8
Wed 20: Leaving Cars Behind, Seniors Find Streets Inhospitable 6
Fri 15: Transit Stimulus Bill Needs Co-Sponsors in Senate 5
Tue 5: Neal Peirce: Cities and Suburbs Must Collaborate to Expand Transit 3
Mon 4: Hillary Clinton Introduces Senate Version of Transit Relief Bill 16
July 2008
Thu 31: House Bill Makes Connection Between Transit Funding and Gas Price Relief 2
Tue 29: The U.S. Wants to "Borrow" From Transit to Pay for Highways 16
Mon 28: The Biggest Fare Hike Factor? It Could Be MTA Debt 8
Fri 25: $36,000,000,000 for Corn. $0 for Transit. 16
Wed 23: Fuel Costs, Declining Revenues Slam MTA. Will Anyone Face the Facts? 9
Wed 23: How to Ease Pain at the Pump Without Deepening Oil Dependence 8
Fri 18: Is San Fran More Walkable Than NYC? 32
Thu 17: Touring the East Side Access Tunnel, Surrounded By Schist 19
Wed 16: Rising Demand for Transit Could Be a "Turning Point" 3
Wed 16: Rising Fuel Costs and Ridership Strain Local Transit Systems Nationwide 18
Tue 15: French Trains Turn $1.75B Profit, Leave American Rail in the Dust 53
Mon 14: Cleveland's Health Line Setting a National Example for Bus Rapid Transit 8
Tue 8: Transit Activist Gary Reilly in the Hunt for City Council Seat 20
Tue 1: Maryland Senator Ben Cardin: America Needs Transit, Now 4
Tue 1: House Passes Bill to Boost Transit Funding, Includes $237M for NYC 1
June 2008
Mon 30: Bus Riders Warm to Select Bus Service, Drivers Love Red Parking Lane 34
Fri 20: Georgia Governor Comes Around on Commuter Rail 17
Thu 19: MTA Big: Transit Is An "Inconvenience" Fit for "Common People" 24
Tue 17: Obama Calls for Investment in Regional Intercity Rail 13
Tue 10: Why Aren't Urban Pols Talking About Transit? 7
Fri 6: Wanted: Ex-Drivers Eager to Talk About Switching Modes 0
Fri 6: National Transit Union Proposes a Smart Fuel Subsidy 29
Tue 3: Albany to Consider Bus Lane Enforcement Legislation 16
Mon 2: "Kheel Plan II" to Revive Free Transit Proposal for '09 Races 26
May 2008
Fri 30: Streetfilms: The Great NYC Commuter Race 18
Thu 29: Cycling Still Offers Quickest City Commute 37
Wed 28: Bike, Transit or Car: Which Is the Fastest Commute? 36
Tue 27: National Poll: Americans Expect Gas Prices to Rise More 20
Fri 23: Urge Congress to Support Amtrak and Passenger Rail 22
Thu 22: Jeffries Declines to Field Questions at G Train Rally 5
Thu 22: Portland Elects Cyclist Mayor; Obama Draws 8,000 on Bikes 14
Wed 21: Hakeem Jeffries Responds to Congestion Pricing Critics 34
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
Mon 19: DOT to Hold Woodhaven Boulevard Forum Tonight 4
Wed 14: Daily News to Congestion Pricing Opponents: "Your Fault" 15
Wed 14: Pricing Foe Hakeem Jeffries Demands G Train Service Increase 4
Wed 14: Does the U.S. Have a "Third World Transportation System"? 11
Mon 12: A Bridge and Tunnel Transit Solution 23
Thu 8: Video Contest Seeks Winning Pitch for Transit 1
Thu 8: Mixed Messages From Critic of NY Gas Tax Holiday 8
Wed 7: Delaware Senator Dares to Utter the Word "Transit" 18
Tue 6: Streetfilm: A Pedestrian Paradise in Melbourne 17
Fri 2: Federal Complete Streets Legislation Gains Momentum 5
Thu 1: U.S. DOT Launches Official, Horribly-Named "Blog" 10
Thu 1: Obama Dismisses Gas Tax "Gimmick" 24
April 2008
Thu 24: Paco Abraham Turns Duane Reade on to Bike Racks 16
Fri 18: Sadik-Khan: We're Putting the Square Back in Madison Square 15
Thu 17: A Transit Miracle on 34th Street 49
Tue 15: Jessica Lappin: Congestion Pricing Advocate 20
Tue 15: Après Congestion Pricing, It's Time to Look at the Paris Model 19
Fri 11: Streetfilms: A Look at Bus Rapid Transit in L.A. 3
Fri 11: De Blasio's Excuse: There Shoulda Been a Brooklyn Lock Box 32
Tue 8: Gene Russianoff on the MTA's $17.5 Billion Hole 12
Tue 8: Lew Fidler: Let's Get to Work 32
Tue 8: Three Questions for Richard Brodsky 32
Mon 7: With Congestion Pricing Dead, a $17 Billion Transit Deficit Looms 34
Fri 4: What Your District Loses Without Congestion Pricing 3
March 2008
Fri 28: Best View Yet of Potential Transit Improvements 16
Tue 25: NYC's First Bus Rapid Transit Line Debuts in the Bronx 15
Mon 24: Sadik-Khan: What We Lose Without Congestion Pricing [Updated] 9
Fri 21: Congestion Pricing Bill: Fun With Legalese 27
Fri 21: T.A. Ad Drives It Home ... to Westchester 7
Thu 20: Two Ways to Tell the Story of Congestion Pricing 9
Thu 13: Q Poll: New Yorkers Favor Pricing as Transit Funding Source 9
Wed 5: Letter-Writing Party: Tell Your Elected Officials to Support Congestion Pricing! 17
Wed 5: Silver Calls Hearing on Pricing and MTA Capital Plan 8
Tue 4: Brooklyn Community Board 7 Congestion Pricing Forum -- Windsor Terrace 0
Tue 4: Council Members Want "Blatantly Unfair" Toll Credit Corrected 56
Tue 4: Union Campaign Calls for Mary Peters' Ouster 0
Mon 3: Sander Makes the Case for MTA Capital Plan and Pricing 3
February 2008
Wed 27: MTA Capital Plan Calls for $4.5B in Pricing Revenues 10
Tue 26: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About BRT 8
Tue 26: Driver-Nannies Keep Kids and Parents Safe From Transit 33
Mon 25: Ads Pitch Pricing Benefits to Transit-Taking Majority 3
Mon 25: Is Big Environment Ready to Say America Is Hooked on Cars? 13
Mon 25: Assemblyman Hevesi Slams Pricing as Transit "Money Grab" 22
Wed 20: Peñalosa to New York Pols: BRT & Pricing Benefit Working Class 11
Fri 15: To Lubricate Street Life, Lower the Unlimited Fare 29
Wed 13: What Is "Mode-Neutral" Funding? 16
Mon 11: Has Richard Brodsky Ever Paid a Subway Fare? 22
Fri 8: Bush Admin Wants to Rob Transit to Pay for Highways 15
Fri 1: Congestion Pricing Plan Includes a "Livable Streets Lock Box" 54
January 2008
Thu 31: Congestion Commission Recommendation: First Look 44
Tue 29: Lew Fidler's 9 CARAT STONE Plan Lives! 34
Tue 29: No Clear Transpo Agenda From GOP Presidential Candidates 8
Tue 29: Are Subway Riders the Angriest Commuters? 55
Mon 28: Kheel Plan Getting Lots of Play, Except Where It Counts 5
Fri 25: Kheel Planners Detail Free Transit Proposal 30
Wed 23: Ridership Surges on MTA Bus Co. Routes 6
Fri 18: Bloomberg Touches on Safe Streets, Pricing in State of the City 5
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 11: Let's Hear About Mayor Bloomberg's Transit Improvement Plan 5
Thu 10: Times Square: Too Many People, or Just Too Many Cars? 14
Thu 10: Weiner and Wylde Square Off in Pricing Forum 25
Wed 9: Lincoln: The Powerful Don't Take Transit 12
Wed 9: A Q&A With Ted Kheel, Free Transit Advocate 40
Wed 2: Is Barack Obama the Livable Streets Candidate? 19
December 2007
Thu 20: MTA Cheered and Jeered, But Mostly Jeered 6
Wed 19: Highlights of Monday's Traffic Commission Meeting 2
Wed 19: Shocker: MTA Board Approves Fare Hike 32
Tue 18: Kheel Plan: Double the Congestion Charge & Make Transit Free 35
Thu 13: Is the Mayor Reading Streetsblog on His Bloomberg Terminal? 8
Thu 13: Unlike the Knicks, "New York's Team" Takes the Subway to Work 14
Mon 10: Is America Finally Getting Interested in Passenger Rail? 18
Mon 10: More Boring Photos 6
Wed 5: The Rumble Underfoot at 60th Street 1
Tue 4: Good Streets Include Streetcars 49
November 2007
Fri 30: MTA Chief Lee Sander Gets Megamodal 4
Fri 30: Paris Wins the ITDP Sustainable Transport Award 1
Wed 28: Russianoff and Schneiderman Map the MTA's Road to 'Ruin' 1
Wed 28: T.A. Responds to Fidler's Tax'n'Tunnel Pipe Dream 5
Tue 27: Eliminate the Parking Requirement 65
Wed 21: TSTC Asks the Obvious, Yet Elusive, Pricing Poll Question 11
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: Green Subways: An Answer Blowing in the Wind? 7
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
Thu 8: Bloomberg-Fatigue May Dampen PlaNYC Support in the Bronx 9
Mon 5: Gridlock Sam's Compromise Plan 24
Thu 1: Low Turnout But Surprising Support at Bronx Congestion Hearing 8
Thu 1: Lew Fidler's "9 CARAT STONE" Traffic Plan Arrives 84
October 2007
Wed 31: Bloomberg Visits the Bronx. Dinowitz Anti-Pricing Rally Fizzles. 3
Wed 31: Finally: A Spot to Talk About Parking 0
Mon 29: Correcting Thursday's MTA Bike Seizure Correction 5
Fri 26: Congestion Pricing Gets a Warm Reception in Manhattan 10
Thu 25: Pricing Hearings Begin With Away Double-Header 6
Fri 19: Who Are Anti-Pricing Pols Really Looking Out For? 10
Wed 17: Pricing Advocates Call for Impact Study and New Parking Policies 27
Wed 17: Promising Aid, Lawmakers Ask MTA Not to Raise Fares 1
Mon 15: The MTA is Testing Battery-Powered Buses 6
Thu 11: Congestion Pricing, Hashed Out Over Pints 10
Mon 8: MTA Says it Needs More Money for Congestion Pricing 10
September 2007
Thu 27: Eyes on the Street: Inside the Stadium 2
Tue 18: Are East River Bridge Tolls the Better Way to Go? 26
Mon 10: MTA Marks 75 Years of A Train Service 6
August 2007
Fri 24: Transit-Oriented America, Part 5: Wrap-Up 1
Thu 23: Make Your Own Subway Advisory 0
Wed 22: Transit-Oriented America, Part 3: Three More Cities 30
Tue 21: Transit-Oriented America, Part 2: Three Cities 13
Mon 20: The Urban Transportation Report Card 7
Mon 20: Transit-Oriented America, Part 1: Eight Thousand Miles 44
Wed 15: Weiner on the Environment: Big Talk, Small Stick 52
Mon 13: What Up, G? 1
Thu 2: Melbourne, Australia After a Decade of Focus on Public Spaces 12
July 2007
Fri 27: Dying to Get to Work 11
Fri 13: Highlights From This Week's Mobilizing the Region 3
Tue 10: McCaffrey: The Subway is Crowded. Let's Keep it That Way. 10
Fri 6: 17 Reasons to Make Transit Free 6
June 2007
Fri 29: "Triboro RX" Could Provide More Transit Opportunities 20
Thu 28: Express F Rally Today, with Council Members 2
Wed 27: Roberts: MTA Needs Congestion Pricing 6
Fri 22: Blogger Launches Petititon to Revive Dormant Subway Tracks 13
Thu 21: Eyes on the Street: Too Little Too Late on the FDR 9
Mon 18: Quinn Announces Her Support for Congestion Pricing 12
Fri 15: Eyes on the Street: Franklin Avenue 6
Mon 11: 112,000 Less Cars 33
Fri 8: 96th St. Subway Station and Sidewalk Reduction Moving Ahead 3
Fri 1: Small Business Leaders Voice Support For PlaNYC 2
May 2007
Thu 24: Queens Blogger Runs His Own Commuter Contest 48
Mon 21: Pricing is Alive. JFK Rail Link and SMART Fund May be Dead. 14
Mon 14: PlanNYC's Public Political Push Starts Today 1
Mon 14: StreetFilms: Secure Bike Parking for Pennies per Hour 23
Fri 11: PlaNYC Quietly Introduces "Safe Routes to Transit" 3
Wed 9: Biofuels, Bus Lanes and Beer 7
Tue 8: StreetFilms: Berkeley's Bikestation 16
Mon 7: Sadik-Khan and Congestion Pricing: Ready for Prime Time 30
Fri 4: Gene Russianoff on the MTA's Day of Reckoning 9
Tue 1: New York Magazine Casts a Cynical Eye on "Bloomtopia" 23
April 2007
Mon 30: Highway Collapse Causes Transit Expansion 4
Fri 27: Can Technology Make Public Transit More Alluring? 5
Wed 25: Media (Mostly) Give PlaNYC Its Due 8
Mon 23: How Green Is Our Mayor 44
Fri 20: The Ultimate System: Free Mass Transit and Congestion Pricing 15
Wed 18: Bus Bulbs Are Blooming 15
Tue 10: Co-op City Group Wants Bus Rapid Transit to Keep Its Distance 3
Wed 4: Study: Sidewalks Can't Handle Transit Traffic 8
Mon 2: Theodore Kheel: My Proposal to Robert Moses 6
March 2007
Mon 26: City Council Fiddles While New York City Chokes on Traffic 27
Thu 8: The New York City Parking Boom 14
February 2007
Mon 26: A Weekend Subway Ride With Robert Moses 15
Fri 23: Green Revolution Sweeping Through U.S. Cities 0
Thu 22: How to Improve Travel Times and Transit Capacity? 31
Thu 15: Living Near Shops and Transit Makes New Yorkers Less Fat 12
Tue 13: Sustainable Transportation for NYC: How to Make it Happen 2
Fri 9: Robert Moses's Fundamental Misunderstanding 28
Fri 9: The Subway Should Be Free 32
Fri 2: Streetfilms: An Interview with Sam Schwartz 0
January 2007
Wed 24: Don't Ask Me About My Hummer 1
Wed 3: Day Two: Ten Things for Governor Spitzer to Fix 21
November 2006
Thu 30: Auto Insurance Break for Rail Commuters 9
Fri 10: T is for Transit-Oriented Development 61
Wed 8: Buses and Atlantic Yards 0
Tue 7: Cutting the Carbon and Enjoying the Scenery 5
Fri 3: Transit-Oriented Development Forum 1
Thu 2: Immigrant Experience: Transit Pioneers and Cycling Soldiers 0
Wed 1: Subku 4
October 2006
Fri 27: Rumor Mill: The MTA's Next Chairman 2
Wed 18: Cool Thing: Subway Map With Entrances 1
Thu 12: Eyes on the Street: MetroCard Bike 4
Wed 11: Planetizen Interview With Amanda Burden 5
Tue 10: Important Manhattan Transportation Forum on Thursday 4
August 2006
Thu 24: New York City Transit Riders Council 0
Wed 23: "Atlantic Yards" Public Hearing 1
Mon 14: Hillary Feels Staten Island's Pain on Traffic 3
Wed 9: Report Calls for Radical Rethink of New York Area Planning 6
July 2006
Mon 17: What's Wrong With This Picture? 6
Thu 6: New York City Transit Riders Council 0
June 2006
Wed 28: New Film Fires up Faithful in Manhattan Debut 0
April 2006
Mon 10: Measuring Street Performance 4
November 2005
Thu 10: Billyburg bike bandits strike again 5