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Streetsblog NYC |Congestion Pricing

This Is Happening: Feds Let MTA Do Simpler Environmental Review of Congestion Pricing

The Era of No Malarkey has come to New York public transportation.

Dave Colon

March 30, 2021

This Is Happening: Feds Let MTA Do Simpler Environmental Review of Congestion Pricing

Streetsblog Chicago |Federal Policy

Chuy Garcia’s bill calls for four times the current amount of federal transit funding

Advocates acknowledged the goals is ambitious and achieving parity is unlikely this year, but a strategy of aiming high could significantly move the funding needle during this window of opportunity.

John Greenfield

March 9, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Andrew Cuomo

The MTA’s Fare Hike Has Been Postponed, But The Fight Over Revenue Is Just Starting

There's gonna be a showdown.

Dave Colon

January 20, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Bus Rapid Transit

A Fairer, Safer City? Here’s the Agenda from Top Transportation Advocacy Groups

Transit and safe streets are the foundation for climbing out of the coronavirus pandemic because street safety and transit improvements "can boost mobility, access, safety, and resiliency," a coalition of groups argue.

Dave Colon

December 8, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |MTA

Senate ‘Skinny’ COVID Bill Leaves Mass Transit Starving

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.

Dave Colon

December 1, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Buses

NYC Riders Return To Buses — But Speeds Are Dropping

Riders are getting back on the bus, but speeds are also dropping to pre-pandemic levels because of an increase in both riders and traffic, new MTA data show.