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New York May Have Actually Lost Transit Riders by Building An $11 Billion Train Station
East Side Access, long delayed and over cost, finally opened, but it isn’t drawing new riders and may actually be scaring some away.
New York Transit Agency Intentionally Slowing Buses to Punish Riders for Fare Evaders
The slow buses will continue until fare compliance improves.
Subway Shooting Shows Surveillance Cameras Not Immune from MTA’s Maintenance Crisis
A lack of functioning cameras in the station reportedly hindered the NYPD's investigation. It's a familiar story for the beleaguered transit agency.
New York Is Trying to Build Something Good for Once
The Interborough Express, a proposed rail link sweeping across an underutilized freight rail line between Brooklyn and Queens, is—finally—a transportation project worth getting excited about.
Other Countries Have Gates That Would Have Prevented NYC’s Subway Killing
Advocates have been calling on the MTA to install subway platform doors for years to prevent exactly this kind of tragedy. Instead, the MTA hasn’t built any.
Philly Transit Agency Claims Anti-Homeless Architecture Meant to Combat COVID
Unpopular, uncomfortable $670 "leaners" were installed to discourage the homeless from sleeping, to the detriment of people looking for somewhere to sit.
U.S. Public Transportation Is Facing A "Make Or Break" Moment
This could be the end of U.S. public transit as we know it. Whether that will be a good or bad thing depends on what happens next.
Brooklyn Bus Drivers Refuse to Pick Summer Shifts, Saying Schedule Is 'A Recipe For Disaster'
“We have to give people confidence to come back on buses,” a union official told Motherboard. “Having a packed bus does not give people confidence.”
'We're Making Death Dollars': I Drive a Packed New York Bus 13 Hours a Day
"Nobody is regulating anything if the buses are super crowded. I'm regulating it myself."
Here’s How Transit Workers Feel About Going to Work During Coronavirus
“A lot of the workforce is probably already infected.”
Now Is the Time to Fix Public Transit Funding
The coronavirus pandemic is giving the federal government the opportunity to fix one of the biggest problems with how it funds transit agencies: by paying them to run more trains and buses.
Coronavirus May Have a Lasting Impact on Public Transit Funding
Ridership is likely going to plummet, which will make it harder on local transit agencies