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Coronavirus Will Go Away. Congestion Pricing Must Not

All four bedrock conditions that justified congestion pricing in the first place will almost certainly remain — yes, even after COVID-19.

Charles Komanoff

April 3, 2020

Coronavirus Will Go Away. Congestion Pricing Must Not

Streetsblog NYC |MTA

Experts: Senate Bill’s $25B for Transit Won’t Be Enough

Yet Congress must do much more to stave off long-term damage, officials and advocates say.

Eve Kessler

March 25, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |MTA

Transit Freefall Could Mean Massive Debt, Cuts

It's the latest evidence that the MTA is going to need a huge infusion of public cash from the Trump administration.

Gersh Kuntzman

March 18, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |MTA

The Second Avenue Subway’s Lessons for American Transit

How to avoid the mistakes that make the East Side line, the most costly subway extension ever built.

Philip Plotch

March 9, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bus Rapid Transit

Buses Work Best on Car-Free Streets, NY MTA Data Shows

Bus lane cameras are speeding up service, but new MTA data ended up emphasizing the need to get cars out of the way of buses entirely.

Gersh Kuntzman

January 20, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

AOC Weighs in on Wrong-Way Airport Transit Project

The Congress member wrote to the FAA blasting the lack of transparency around project, which would reside in her district.

Eve Kessler

January 13, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Fare evasion

Beating Victim: Don’t Add Subway Police for Me!

An assault victim doesn't want her case to lead to a crackdown on homeless men.

Julia Metraux

December 16, 2019

Fare evasion

Op-Ed: What America Gets Wrong about Fare Evasion

There’s a moralistic discourse in the United States about fare evasion on public transport that makes it about every issue other than public transport or fares. It’s a proxy for lawlessness, for police racism, for public safety, for poverty. In lieu of treating it as a big intra-urban culture war, I am going to talk about best practices from the perspective of limiting revenue loss to a minimum.

Alon Levy

November 26, 2019

Streetsblog NYC |MTA

New Math: MTA Will Spend $249M to Save $200M on Fare Evasion

Guess this is why they don't call it the Mathematics Transportation Authority.

Dave Colon

November 14, 2019

Andrew Cuomo

Why Are Cops Handcuffing Churro Vendors?

Americans are waking up to the fact that police are unnecessarily harassing people of color for minor violations on public transit and demanding that cops back off.

Aaron Short

November 12, 2019

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