Wednesday Winners (and Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. Winners NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Assembly Members Amy Paulin and David Buchwald — The Speaker, inspired by Westchester Assembly Members Paulin and Buchwald and joined by TSTC Executive Director Veronica Vanterpool and White Plains Mayor Tom […]
You Can’t Know What You Don’t Know
Life is a journey, and each stop along the way is an opportunity to learn something. New experiences can provide perspectives that are different from what we’re used to. And the more eye-opening experiences we have, the better we’re able to understand the perspectives of other people. In terms of transportation, our experiences are often […]
Wednesday Winners (and Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. Winners MTA Chairman Joe Lhota — Step one is admitting you have a problem; Chairman Lhota did just that in a memo to the entire MTA staff which “acknowledges that the agency faces a crisis and does not currently […]
How Governor Cuomo Can Fix the Subway (and Show He’s Serious About the Climate Crisis, Too)
A perfect storm is brewing in New York. Not for transit riders — that storm is the opposite of perfect. Rather, this is a perfect storm of opportunity for Governor Cuomo to take the lead on two interrelated issues that are very important to the region. The Two Crises Unless you live under a rock, […]
Former MTA Chair Richard Ravitch: Get Back to Basics
With all of the MTA’s subway and commuter rail problems coming to a head during the last few months, the calls have been getting louder for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to do something. That something has so far come in the form of a Genius Transit Challenge, a state of emergency and the promise […]
Welcome Back, Mr. Lhota, but This Isn’t the Same MTA You Left Behind
As the New York legislative session came to a close Wednesday night, the senate approved Governor Cuomo’s nomination of Joe Lhota as MTA chair and CEO. Lhota served in the same role for about a year before resigning and launching a bid for New York City mayor in the 2013 race. Since then he’s been serving […]
Wednesday Winners (and Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. Winners NY Senator Daniel Squadron — On the Senate floor this week, Squadron called out the MTA’s $65 million budget cut and highlighted the many challenges subway riders face, such as increased delays and more frequent breakdowns. Non-MTA […]
Wednesday Winners (and Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. Winners NY Assembly Members Robert Carroll, Carmen de la Rosa and Jeffrey Dinowitz and Senators Michael Gianaris and Brad Hoylman — Members of the New York Assembly and Senate joined advocates in Times Square to urge Governor Cuomo to […]
Wednesday Winners (and Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. Winners Rutgers University and the City of New Brunswick, NJ — Fifty on-street parking spaces were removed from College Avenue on Rutgers University’s New Brunswick campus in order to make way for bus and bike lanes. Connecticut […]
New York 2016: Looking Back on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
There’s been a wide range of transportation issues to talk about in New York this year, from a new bridge rising on the Hudson to the forthcoming completion of three new subway stations, and everything in between. 2016 might be remembered as the year Governor Andrew Cuomo started paying attention to transportation, with speeches about new high-tech […]