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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

AOC Weighs in on Wrong-Way Airport Transit Project

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

Streetsblog NYC |Bus Rapid Transit

Car-Free Busway is Frankly a Big Success

"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."