Those fancy new bus stops that keep poppig up all over the city come to us from Cemusa, a Spanish company that forked over millions of dollars to build New York’s new street furniture. While these bus shelters have been vandalized and bright, fluorescent beacons of light on otherwise dark city streets, nothing is worse [...]

As I left my parents’ house this evening and walked towards the 96th St. stop, one of the MTA’s Mobile Wash Units went zooming north up Broadway. “There goes a crew pretending to clean the subway,” I said to my friends, and we all commented on the utter lack of cleanliness in New York [...]

When last we saw the double-decker buses, the MTA was gearing up for a test-run along some busy city arteries. Since then, however, New York City Transit has run into a little problem: As predicted, the bus the MTA is using for its trial is too tall. While passengers love the bi-level buses, the MTA [...]

The Tappan Zee Bridge’s days are numbered, and a transit-laden span will soon replace it. (Photo by flickr user vb.rm)
After years of talks and study, state officials on Friday unveiled their $16-billion plan to build a new span crossing the Hudson River to replace the aging Tappan Zee Bridge. This new river crossing will high-speed, [...]

Shea Stadium, pre-blue paint, looms over the 7 train. (Photo courtesy of NYC Subway)
When the Yankees said their good byes to Yankee Stadium last Sunday, the MTA honored the House that Ruth Built with a Nostalgia Train ride from Grand Central to Yankee Stadium. Tomorrow, with the Mets primed to send off the regular season [...]

So the City of New York and the MTA are in a little bit of a fight. Earlier this week, the MTA voted to bill city agencies for their E-ZPass use. This move could generate around $12 million in annual revenue for the cash-strapped transit authority.
The City, of course, objected to this deal, and the [...]

While Ikea’s free shuttle bus service has been something of a transportation boom for non-Ikea bound Red Hook travelers, the Swedish furniture giant announced yesterday that they will soon be cutting back this service. Starting Oct. 1, Ikea plans to curtail morning shuttle service and will decrease the frequency of their shuttle buses. Due to [...]

Thomas DiNapoli, New York State comptroller, has delved into the MTA’s books, and he doesn’t like what he has found there.
Three months ago, amidst talks of regular fare hikes and budgetary concerns at the MTA, DiNapoli announced he would conduct an audit of the MTA’s books. This week, he released his report on the [...]

Via Gothamist comes word of Jason Eppink’s public art installation in the subways: Take a Seat. Explains the artists:
Take a Seat is an ongoing series of public furniture installations aimed at increasing the availability of seating options in New York City subway stations. Perfectly functional chairs are rescued from trash piles and reassigned to [...]

For some reason, New York City transit advocates are fighting, mildly, a battle over modes of transportation in the city that shouldn’t be fought. At a time when we should be teaming up to advocate for an expansion of all modes of car-independent transit in New York City, divisive ideas still permeate the field.
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