Charles Komanoff

New Yorkers are already paying for Cuomo's deteriorating MTA in the form of lost time, increased pollution, and poorer health.

A legal scholar says NYC has the authority to toll its own roads and bridges, which could raise revenue for transit.

Rumors are swirling that the long-awaited answer to the key question vexing the MTA -- how the state’s $8.3 billion share of the unfunded portion of the MTA capital plan will be paid for -- is that dreaded four-letter word: D-E-B-T.

Did “toll shopping” figure in the death last week of cyclist Kevin Lopez in Long Island City?

Albany’s latest raid of transit funds could hit New York City particularly hard. To help pay for his upper-middle-class tax cut, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature are stripping an estimated $320 million a year in revenues from the MTA payroll tax. Although the legislation is said to contain a pledge to find equivalent funds elsewhere, the as-yet unspecified reimbursement mechanism is likely to make the transit agency more vulnerable to future cuts, as Streetsblog noted last week.The potential deterioration in service could easily end up costing drivers and transit riders more in lost time and damaged health than they will gain in lower taxes.

Miles and miles of bike-friendly Westchester County roads may soon be scarred by a "safety enhancement" that could make cycling treacherous.

Thank Albany. By segmenting the 30-35 percent transit fare increase into three stages, the legislature has opened the door for a broad-based campaign to put an end to fare hikes and institute genuine transportation reform.