Congressman Anthony Weiner released his own MTA rescue plan today. As if that in itself weren't surprising enough, the outspoken toll opponent has modified his position, sort of. City Room reports: [Weiner] said on Monday that making new tolls — which he would set at $4.15 — payable only by non-...

Like New York and dozens of other American cities, Minneapolis is facing the prospect of higher transit fares and less service amid the economic downturn. To impress upon state lawmakers that their constituents depend on transit to meet basic needs, the St. Stephen's Human Rights Campaign compiled t...

The three city reps who nearly derailed the Democratic takeover of the State Senate have issued a joint statement declaring -- transit riders be damned -- they're not going to support bridge tolls. Liz Benjamin at the Daily Politics has the story: The Three Amigos -- Sens. Carl Kruger, Pedro Espada ...

An ITDP proposal for BRT on 34th Street. Rendering by Luc Nadal and Mark De Decker. This is the third of four installments in our interview with ITDP director Walter Hook about Bus Rapid Transit in New York City. Be sure to catch the first and second parts if you haven't yet. In this installment Hoo...

ALBANY—At the same time Dick Ravitch and members of the M.T.A. are set to meet with state senators, the chairman of the Finance Committee blasted the proposal to toll East River bridges as a "non-starter" and "an attack on our outer boroughs." "A large percentage of outer-...

How many true transit advocates are in this picture? Just how bad are the service cuts and layoffs that transit agencies across the country will soon be forced to enact? Severe enough to weaken the national economy, the New York Times reports -- all while Congress pieces together a stimulus plan tha...

Bronx Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz on congestion pricing, February 2008: Who could support a plan that creates a regressive tax on middle-class and working people from the Bronx and the outer boroughs? Jeffrey Dinowitz on the possibility of eliminating the Bx34, February 2009: "The fact that th...

The new Blarney Stone sign just isn't as good. [EV Grieve] Ephemeral New York notices the narrowest house in Greenwich Village, once home to Edna St. Vincent Millay, who was also narrow. Bloomberg screwed NYC over the Yankee Stadium deal and everyone pissed about it. [City Room] Surprise! Con Ed is ...

(posted from treo. pics and spell check later.) saw a "subtalk" poster on the e train i had to take into work today... "Believe it or not.In 1986, the subway and bus fare was $1. That's $1.89 in 2008 dollars. Today 30-day Unlimited Ride MetroCard brings the fare down to $1.17. Believe it." believe i...

This summer I wrote about the need for increased public subsidies for mass transit and about the importance of keeping transit fares as low as possible. Due to over borrowing for capital improvements during the Pataki administration and the reduction in revenues from the City's real-estate transfer ...