CIty Limits Investigative Internship Program
De Blasio’s Soundview Ferry Gets High Marks
Deanna Garcia and Jeanmarie Evelly |
The ferry is a big hit in the Bronx neighborhood, though there are concerns about parking.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Is 2019 the Year NYC Fixes its Transit Mess?
Jarrett Murphy |
A decade after it died without a vote in Albany, congestion pricing is likely to become reality in New York City in 2019. It will be both a milestone and a first step.
Agenda 2019
CityViews: NYC’s Transit Workers Deserve Help, Not the Hatchet
Tony Utano |
‘Instead of trying to eliminate positions, advocates, officials—and pundits writing in the safety of their offices—should join TWU Local 100’s efforts to better protect transit workers.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Mayor de Blasio Should Make 2019 the Year of the Bus Rider
Danny Pearlstein |
De Blasio, who has championed housing rights, public education, and access to services for New Yorkers of any immigration status, now needs to tackle the inequity of two million daily bus riders crawling through snarled traffic.
Agenda 2019
Opinion: Designing Bus Routes to Attract Passengers and Reverse Declining Ridership
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‘Bus Ridership in New York City is on the decline, and the Fast Forward Plan will not reverse this trend unless its focus is changed to make it more passenger friendly.’
Agenda 2019
Half-Priced MetroCard Program Will Launch in ’19, But With Limits
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Many details are still being worked out. But we do know half-priced fares will only apply to the purchase of weekly and monthly MetroCards, which some advocates say low-income riders will still struggle to afford.
bus
With a Fare Hike Looming, Activists Demand Funds to Fix the Struggling Subway
Jeanmarie Evelly, Anay Cortes, Anna Rhoads, Asha MacKay, Zaheer Bowen, Arufa Hossain, Fabliha Waseqa and Mitchell Harris-Dennis |
Advocates are pushing back against the MTA’s plan to raise fares next year, saying straphangers shouldn’t be forced to pay more until lawmakers secure a plan to fund improvements for the city’s deteriorating transit system.
Election Watch 2018
We’ve Got Issues: Transit and New York’s Race for Governor
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Andrew Cuomo has focused a lot of money and attention on infrastructure. Whether the city’s transit system has received sufficient love from the gov is a matter of much dispute.
Economy
A Microcosm of the City, in Desperate Need of More Transit
Jarrett Murphy |
Household income is rising, but so is the poverty rate, on Staten Island’s North Shore, where a lack of jobs and a dearth of transportation options appear to go hand in hand.
Andrew Cuomo
On Transit Issues, Nixon has Plenty of Company Criticizing Cuomo
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Even if New Yorkers continue to blame Cuomo for their lousy commutes, it’s unclear if that anger alone will impact the results of the primary. After all, many registered Democrats, like the governor, never ride the subway.
