"MTA data shows the average speed of the agency’s buses lingered around 8.3 mph this year, about the same as in 2021" @gothamist.com

2025 was a rocky year for US transportation. But there were some big wins. At the top of the list: Manhattan congestion pricing. After 11 months, traffic is smoother, air is cleaner, and streets are quieter (but more bustling). In Bloomberg, I shared a few more causes for celebration. 🧵

BRT-ways as first by DOT and NYCT-Bus circa late 2003, early 2004. We're finally got part of Flatbush done in 2025. Fulton St remains lol sob

I wrote about how surprised I still am a candidate for NYC mayor won in large part by talking incessantly about buses, and also about how making them fast as promised will be an immense challenge. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Street safety is *not* a shared responsibility. Rather, it's a responsibility borne by those who have the greatest power to make streets safer: Car companies, policymakers, and road designers. Stop shifting blame on those walking, biking, and driving. www.kqed.org/news/1206717...

why would immigrants do this www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

See my full Manhattan Community Safety Plan here. www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/pre...

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The new 15 second delay to unlock the emergency exits in the subway is a real pain when I’m trying to exit with a stroller, but my question: how is it at all legal?

It feels very unfair to compare Cuomo-era climate plans with Hochul-era climate reality, while ignoring that the Cuomo-era reality was that 2 gigawatts of clean power came *off* the grid in one fell swoop at Indian Point – more than twice the solar/wind we have in total today!

Now might be a good time for the Port Authority to finally get that freight rail tunnel EIS done.

IMO: Transit advocates need to ask why the R268 order isn’t being used in part to flip all the lines where the open gangway trains have been tested over to the new technology, the G and the C. And then push the R211s assigned to those routes elsewhere.

You love to see it. bsky.app/profile/marc...

After NYC installed 2,000 speed cameras, crashes fell 30% and injuries 16%. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

The A division is the most capacity constrained in the system and writing off a 10% boost in space for straphangers on the 1/2/3 and 4/5/6 for 30-40 years (nevermind making it harder to subway surf, nevermind making it easier to cops to patrol trains) is a *huge* and *avertable* mistake.

Can I get a “hell yeah”? bsky.app/profile/neil...

Five roads in New York City made INRIX’s list of the top 25 busiest corridors in 2024, but only one remained on this year’s list. “The congestion pricing program, no doubt, played a role,” Pishue said. www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/inrix-t...

No wood paneling is my grievance

The thing we should all be constantly saying out loud: The only people who want cars that are *less* fuel efficient are oil executives. Car costs aren't going down regardless, and no consumer wants to spend more on gas. This is anti-populist corporatist nonsense.

one of my favorites, at delancey-essex

Prove you’re a real New Yorker by getting your head through the neck hole in just one swipe

The context of all of this is that the Trump Administration has undone a Biden Era rule requiring U.S. airlines to reimburse passengers for lengthy delays, and they want you to talk about airplane dress codes, slippers and snacks instead. bsky.app/profile/nyti...

Spending a week and a half in Paris and Madrid really drives home the point that the (American-ish) concept of a "one-seat ride" is overrated, and frequent headways at nearly all hours of the day is the true gold standard.

Induced demand: Same as it ever was

Boom #fmswap

New York Groove subscriber Zohran Mamdani has converted the president to socialism

When you ride on #bikenyc paths around the Navy Yard, in Red Hook, Sunset Park & now under the Gowanus Expressway, you can thank @velazquez.house.gov for laying their foundation

Very good to see progress on this important project, which is designed to link dense suburban New Jersey cities.

I just missed the train. The next one was 6 minutes away. It’s 12:30 a.m. Love these late-night frequencies.

What we propose would be a seismic change in how US transport investment works It would be designed to reverse the failed status quo. I'm aware this isn't an easy path. Some congressmembers have already said they don't want to change a thing. That's not acceptable. Read our full recommendations:

1) I'm not joking when I tell people that Kathy Hochul's first term in office has been a lot of 'fixing Andrew Cuomo's last term in office' 2) The Port Authority being able to redact everything about the AirTrain because of its technically a P3 is a big reason why we need FOIL/OPRA reform

"Most New Yorkers don’t drive, yet, due to our street design, we spend our days dodging heavily armed personal automobiles designed to protect the driver at any cost."

Deeply reactionary, cars-first approach to federal transportation spending is very much at stake in the midterms @usa.streetsblog.org

A draft of the first-of-its-kind Texas Department of Transportation plan released in October outlines the need for boosted public transportation in rural and smaller urban areas as well as a greater array of travel options, including rail, between the state’s major urban centers.

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

These guys are psychotically devoted to starving Americans. It’s sick.

In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.

Would also put failure to prioritize Northeast Corridor investments; implement any sort of national design guidelines/benchmarks for transit and commuter rail on this list; and dumping the electrification report on the way out the door instead of making it an actual priority.

The buses are not the subways! The mayor controls the streets. He has a lot of tools at his disposal to make the buses faster. He can't do a single thing to make the subways go faster.

New York's mayor doesn't control Subway services or its infrastructure...

Recent subway ridership records: Busiest post-COVID day, Wednesday, 10/29: 4,589,477 Busiest post-COVID Friday, 10/31: 4,428,750 Busiest post-COVID Sunday, 11/2: 2,825,658 2nd busiest post-COVD Saturday, 11/1: 3,093,309 This is how people get around NYC.

Duffy is nearly 100% bluffing here, but "Trump takes Thanksgiving" is such a winning argument if he's not. Anyway, I think these companies need to reassess the reality we're in.

MTA announces: - A train is going to 8-minute headways during the mid-day weekdays; - L train 8-minute headways extended until midnight on Saturdays (currently service slows down around 10pm) - And 4 minute Sunday headways, starting at 11am (currently starts at about noon)

I have no idea what the future of the party is, but it's probably a lot closer to Mamdani's brand of politics and campaigning than anything Hakeem Jeffries does or says.

we know the big ones like killing people in nursing homes but let's not forget to recognize some of the smaller accomplishments of andrew cuomo www.timesunion.com/news/article...

There’s a pro-Cuomo Cessna making loops above the marathon route along 4th Ave and I can’t think of a better or more obnoxious way to piss people off.

Texas' governor, Texas DOT, & city of Houston all bent the knee to US DOT Secretary Sean Duffy, spending public dollars to paint over streets in response to his demand that rainbow crosswalks be eliminated. Now residents & businesses across Houston are painting & chalking rainbows where they can.

Good morning! Last night, Illinois’ legislature passed a law, SB2111, which will fund a major expansion of service for the Chicago region’s transit systems, thanks to new revenue sources. The law also takes a major step forward in coordination between agencies.

Wednesday's paid subway ridership was 4,585,493, a new post-pandemic high.