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  • Category: Blog

    Freedom Ticket: Needed Now More than Ever!

    December 2, 2021

    By Bradley Brashears

    It used to take Karen Hamilton almost 90 minutes to travel from her Southeast Queens home to Lower Manhattan using…

    Looking Forward This Earth Day

    April 22, 2021

    By Gav Mazurek

    The MTA and its three operating agencies help avoid 17 million metric tons in CO2 emissions annually by providing transit…

    The MTA’s Transformation Plan and the Need for Staff Retention

    August 6, 2019

    By Bradley Brashears

    At July’s MTA Committee and Board meetings I testified about the MTA’s Transformation Plan as it relates to staff retention,…

    MTA Transformation without the Facts

    August 5, 2019

    By Sheila Binesh

    The acceptance of Congestion Pricing this spring by the New York State Legislature and its inclusion in the state’s budget…

    Atlantic Ticket is Extended!

    July 1, 2019

    By Bradley Brashears

    The New York City Transit Riders Council’s (NYCTRC) Freedom Ticket proposal to lower city commuter rail fares spawned the popular…

    Lex/59 St station: Something needs to give!

    March 11, 2019

    By Bradley Brashears and Shaun Wong

    The popularity of the city-run subway literally brought down Manhattan’s once-popular elevated train tracks in the 1940s and 50s, with…

    LIC Needs Fast Forward!

    February 14, 2019

    By Bradley Brashears

    Queensboro Plaza, perched high above Long Island City (LIC), provides access to the heavily traveled N, W, and 7 lines.…

    Talking to Albany, let’s hope they are listening!

    February 7, 2019

    By Sheila Binesh

    On Wednesday, January 30th, MTA leadership traveled to Albany to testify at the Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the 2019-2020…

    L Train Miracle Cure? Call us Cynical: Fix the Tunnels For Good, Not Just For Now!!

    January 7, 2019

    By Lisa Daglian

    The revamped L train project may seem like a miracle cure on the surface, but what about underground, and why just months out? Riders get it: the tunnels need to be fixed for the next hundred years, not the next hundred months. Closing a tunnel on nights and weekends is still a closure, but will just mean more time for less work.

    The MTA and Funding: Will we ever have enough?

    October 8, 2018

    By PCAC staff

    As you may know by now our Executive Director Bill Henderson is retiring. During his last MTA board meeting, in…

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