Recent Streetsblog USA posts about MTA

Op-Ed: What America Gets Wrong about Fare Evasion

By Alon Levy | Nov 26, 2019 | No Comments

This post originally appeared on the website pedestrianobservations.com. It is reprinted here with permission. 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 […]

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Overpolicing Starts Underground in NYC

By Dave Colon | Nov 14, 2019 | No Comments

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

One of two women who were cuffed by the NYPD for selling churros in the subway. Photo: Rafael Martinez

Why Are Cops Handcuffing Churro Vendors?

By Aaron Short | Nov 12, 2019 | No Comments

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.

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Car-Free Busway is Frankly a Big Success

By Dave Colon | Oct 8, 2019 | No Comments

"The street looks better, it's nice," one customer at Joe's Pizza said. "It's ridiculous, I don't know any New Yorker who would take a cab just to get a slice of pizza."