Call it pirate's booty

If Dems have any sense whatsoever, they will figure out how to delay any transportation authorization into ‘27

With this win, the Bronx River Alliance proves we are not prisoners of Robert Moses's legacy @governor.ny.gov had the good sense to twice reject bureaucratic inertia in favor of community demands The fight for clean air and connected communities isn't over but then again it never is

This report recommends that Port Authority take more regional responsibility for the bus system. The case seems somewhat sound, but there's nothing in it about expanding the current XBL or adding new ones at GWB or Holland Tunnel. PA could already do that now - right? wagner.nyu.edu/files/facult...

A win for the Bronx and all of NYC! The relentless advocacy from the Stop the Cross Bronx Expansion Coalition and community members is paying off!! A testament to what’s possible when communities come together and put people first!

An extremely unexpected thing has happened in the Bronx, where New York State has kiboshed entirely a plan to repair elevated sections of the Cross Bronx Expressway that acvitists fought over concerns that the repairs would mean wider highway shoulders nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/05/18/b...

CO$T OF LIVING -- www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...

Organized corruption on a massive scale, paid for by our tax dollars

Absolutely ridiculous way to do enforcement. MTA should never delay a bus to do fare enforcement. "The agency’s fare enforcement “EAGLE” teams are ramping up an initiative where they halt buses for about five to 10 minutes while they scan riders’ phones or OMNY cards to check if they paid."

NYU-Marron and @chittimarco.bsky.social rolling out a giant new visual guide and website — a “cookbook” — on interventions to make your Slow Bus Go FAST

The City Planning Commission and Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority outlining what they described as "suburban rapid transit" in... 1965

This is a good opportunity for the Mamdani administration to fold an extended Flatbush Ave bus lane into its plans for Grand Army Plaza and really do something big.

"...a 2024 Pratt Center survey that found 70 percent of people who go to Flatbush for shopping, eating or entertainment destinations use the bus."

Has anyone ever documented all of the work rules that govern LIRR, MetroNorth, NYCT, and MTA Bus? Enjoyed this @stefanoschen.bsky.social joint re: impending LIRR strike: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/n...

We need a right of pedestrian access, especially for airports LGA is walkable but even in the UK I *had* to ride the train to Heathrow

“And Mr. Walden repeatedly went after Mr. Mamdani on defunding the New York Police Department, though the mayor has not actually done that. When pressed on that point, Mr. Walden said he was referring to the mayor’s decision not to hire more police officers” — www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/n...

Enjoy the time we have left with the Chambers Street J/Z stop as the most haunted subway stop in America youtube.com/shorts/0t2DN...

About 20% of households in Cincinnati do not own a car, which is the same rate as Seattle and not much lower than Chicago (27%).

"they shut down churches and then when george floyd happend they said you had to go protest" Who is the "they" here who both ordered churches to stop holding in-person services AND told people to go protest? These folks have lost their minds.

Now it needs to be increased.

One thing that stuck with me about Michael Lewis's "The Fifth Risk" is the chapter about the civil servants at the Department of Energy whose job it is to track the movement of nuclear materials and equipment around the globe. Wonder if anyone is answering the phones at DOE these days.

From bikes to EVs to transit, Trump's war in Iran is boosting every transportation mode he hates

would a gas tax cut really help ordinary americans? no. but can dems score easy wins by doing things that make people feel like they're being helped? also no. but they can they expand the base by relentlessly focusing on affordability instead of trump's lawlessness? signs still point to no

If you're not traveling fast enough through the Joralemon tube that your ears want to pop, something has gone very wrong.

From Brooklyn Greenway’s Hunter Armstrong 👇

And, fwiw, rider response to service cuts is a lot more severe than to fare hikes

“Asked by CNN whether taxpayer dollars were used for Duffy’s individual travel, the Department of Transportation spokesperson said that celebrating America’s 250th anniversary, including through “The Great American Road Trip,” is part of Duffy’s official duties.” — www.cnn.com/2026/05/09/p...

The pull out of transit agencies from the federal process for new lines has some potential benefits, like faster approvals & not having to do as many reviews. But let’s be clear: Not getting fed funding for transit projects means the Trump admin is getting away with just not funding transit.

This was the logic she used when she paused congestion pricing, nearly killing it for a generation or more.

Trump and Duffy putting their names on this while simultaneously trying to kill any form of transportation that isn't a highway or a gas-powered car is what I might call "trainwashing."

I hear the cake is good too. Let them eat it. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Intolerable from a state run by a Democratic trifecta bsky.app/profile/pete...

Nooo... preserve it in amber! It's our sacred crumbling heritage 😢

We support expanding Fair Fares as a practical, cost-effective way to increase transit affordability and access. Read our testimony on the Fair Fares oversight hearing: buff.ly/39NiuxU

Let's goooooo!

”You shouldn’t even be able to protest the people who rent a temple, because it looks like anti-Semitism” is such a ridiculous position to take. Grow up

As hateful as "some" but not all racial slurs

Absolutely nutso stuff and evidence that we need to rethink how historic zones work on major corridors -- newyorkyimby.com/2026/05/lpc-...

Texas, which had a $24b surplus in the most recent legislative session, no serious program to tackle the traffic choking its cities is, and where lawmakers have focused most of their efforts on finding inventive new ways to starve local governments…

It's happening. On Friday, 5/15, we are soft-launching our Transit Priority Atlas 1.0 website. Come join us in person at 370 Jay Street to explore this knowledge-sharing tool and get lost in circulation planning layouts and intersection management strategies for better on-street transit.

This: "The free market did not produce postwar suburbia. The state did, on purpose, with our money, and over the objections of the cities it gutted to do it."

Enraging that so many people see the possibility of kids getting hit by bikes as an emergency in need of mayoral intervention while the reality of kids getting killed by motor vehicles on a regular basis is seen as nothing more than an unpreventable act of God.

"He proposed an integrated a New York-New Jersey-Connecticut high-speed railroad commuter system, which did not materialize." Beat the Nazis, could not beat local provincialism -- www.nytimes.com/1980/05/05/a...

If you'd like to see people prone to shrieking lose their minds, go ask the EVSA folks what they think of this, and tell them you'll discuss reasonable e-bike classification restrictions once we've solved the problem of the vehicles that actually kill people running rampant in American cities.

Damning: "Fatality rates [among Vision Zero cities] were not significantly lower when controlling for the advantages of higher density and higher income." findingspress.org/article/1559...

Not news if you spend any time on the street with your eyes open, but good to see some documentation. Will city govt take any action beyond issuing still more camera tix that UPS doesn't care about getting?

Also puts a lie to the major questions doctrine that Court has been using to nuke agencies ability to regulate: Congress passed a Constitutional amendment; Congress passed the VRA to put in teeth; the Court tried to roll parts of it back and Congress toughened them more. — slate.com/news-and-pol...

It's hilarious to see the Trump administration ooh and ahh over Houston's 26-lane Katy Freeway. TxDOT spent $2.8 billion widening the highway in 2011, and afterward traffic got *worse*. (Source: www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/u...) Great job, guys.

A final point: It’s naïve to assume cities will be able to regulate AVs on their streets. In the US, states have preempted cities on AVs, and now the feds want to preempt states. The UK gov is pushing robotaxis on London. Those who care about urban life have ample reason to be alarmed.

Who's blocking the bus lane? @jmartineznyc.bsky.social with a great piece shining a light on the companies responsible for slowing our buses down and making them unreliable: www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/30/u...