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Crowding Is a Symptom of What Ails the Subways, Not a Cause
The Times came out with a piece on subway delays this morning that's getting heavy play on Twitter. It has some compelling visualizations of the rise in ridership and decline in reliability, but it starts off by framing poor service in a way that obscures the root of the subway's troubles.
June 28, 2017
Slower Subways Will Cost New Yorkers $1.4 Billion This Year
New Yorkers are already paying for Cuomo's deteriorating MTA in the form of lost time, increased pollution, and poorer health.
June 26, 2017
Cuomo’s Cowardice Won’t Fix the MTA
The governor of New York pretending that he does not control the MTA is troubling and bizarre. By denying responsibility for his transit system, Cuomo is perpetuating a charade that has real consequences for New Yorkers.
June 23, 2017
Joe Lhota Is Cuomo’s MTA Chief, Again, Sort Of
Late yesterday, Andrew Cuomo nominated former MTA chief Joe Lhota to resume the role at a time when the agency is grappling with a decline in reliability that has reached crisis proportions. Lhota was hastily confirmed by the State Senate as the 2017 legislative session came to an end last night.
June 22, 2017
Cuomo Doesn’t Need a New Law to Fix the Subways — He’s Already in Charge of the MTA
With subway service failing spectacularly on an almost daily basis, the MTA is in desperate need of firm, straightforward leadership. Instead, Governor Cuomo is giving riders an outlandish song-and-dance about why all the transit system's problems up until this point are not his fault.
June 21, 2017
Tweeting Out Your Anger at Another Hot, Slow, Crowded Subway Ride? Always Loop in the Man Who Runs the MTA: @NYGovCuomo
When you're tweeting from that hot, crowded subway platform -- or a hot, crowded train that isn't moving -- don't forget to channel that frustration toward the man who runs the MTA: Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose Twitter handle is @NYGovCuomo.
June 20, 2017
When the Going Gets Tough at the MTA, Andrew Cuomo Disappears
Remember when Andrew Cuomo announced that he'd sealed the deal on a new contract with the TWU? Or when he empaneled an "MTA Reinvention Commission" to shape the agency's five-year capital program? Or when he ordered the MTA to quit dragging its heels on cashless tolling, and the agency promptly delivered? The governor would like you to forget all that.
May 19, 2017
67 State Legislators Tell Cuomo: Speed Up Buses ASAP
A broad coalition of 67 state legislators want Governor Andrew Cuomo to pursue two potentially transformative improvements to NYC's notoriously slow and unreliable bus service.
May 18, 2017
After Yet Another Subway Meltdown, Where’s Cuomo?
Cuomo has been governor going on seven years. He's had more than enough time to assess the problems afflicting the transit system and work on solutions. But as the core transit system declines, Cuomo continues to fixate on shiny mega-projects.
May 9, 2017
Cuomo Drives Old-Timey Car Across Brand New Bridge While Sticking NYers With Old-Timey Transit System
As it happens, FDR's car is the same vintage as many components in the signal system of the New York City subway. The difference is that the signal system isn't a museum piece that Cuomo can commandeer for a day -- it's real equipment that keeps millions of people moving on a 24/7 rail system.
April 28, 2017
