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Senate ‘Skinny’ COVID Bill Leaves Transit Starving

By Dave Colon | Dec 1, 2020 | No Comments

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators revealed a coronavirus compromise bill on Tuesday morning that provides less than half of what transit agencies need, an offer that advocates and transit agencies greeted with like being given a lump of coal on Christmas.

We're in for a lot of empty trains — and economic catastrophe — if we don't get a better relief bill soon. Image description: An empty train car with blue and red seats. Source Creative commons

GOP Relief Bill Gives $0 to Transit

By Kea Wilson | Jul 28, 2020 | No Comments

Nope, not even a penny.

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The MTA Does More for the US than The US Does for the MTA

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 17, 2020 | No Comments

Ask not what the MTA can do for your country — ask what you can do for the MTA.

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Protests Expose Structural Racism in Transit Policing

By Kafui Attoh | Jun 4, 2020 | No Comments

Even after COVID-19, the governor and MTA doubled down on hiring more cops for the subway. Will a popular movement open a debate about the control of public space?

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Op-Ed: Public Transit Doesn’t Need Tech Billionaires

By Danny Pearlstein | May 8, 2020 | No Comments

No matter what certain governors think, public transit doesn't need another billionaire disruptor with big ideas and a slide deck.

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Protecting Transit During COVID Crisis — And Beyond It

By Darwin Keung | Apr 14, 2020 | No Comments

The virus has exposed widespread failures in how we protect our essential workforce. Here's the actions agencies must take now and after the pandemic subsides.

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