@dannyintransit.bsky.social
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Great stuff from @emilyassembly.bsky.social, keeping pressure on all-door bus boarding
The MTA has been largely allowed to get away with making "faster buses" the city's job while punting on stuff within its own power @estarkmiller.bsky.social
The MTA has been largely allowed to get away with making "faster buses" the city's job while punting on stuff within its own power @estarkmiller.bsky.social
Fare evasion: MTA boss Lieber rules out all-door bus boarding until ‘European model’ of enforcement is activated – amNewYork
The MTA will only move towards introducing all-door boarding on city buses after it has rolled out a promised "European-style" approach to fare evasion
www.amny.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Great stuff from @emilyassembly.bsky.social, keeping pressure on all-door bus boarding
The MTA has been largely allowed to get away with making "faster buses" the city's job while punting on stuff within its own power @estarkmiller.bsky.social
The MTA has been largely allowed to get away with making "faster buses" the city's job while punting on stuff within its own power @estarkmiller.bsky.social
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One small thing that individually you can do in light of Bezos and all this mess:
1. Read @literaryhub.bsky.social for everything books: lithub.com
2. Buy from @bookshop.org or your local bricks-and-mortar store. Never buy books from Amazon.
1. Read @literaryhub.bsky.social for everything books: lithub.com
2. Buy from @bookshop.org or your local bricks-and-mortar store. Never buy books from Amazon.
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
One small thing that individually you can do in light of Bezos and all this mess:
1. Read @literaryhub.bsky.social for everything books: lithub.com
2. Buy from @bookshop.org or your local bricks-and-mortar store. Never buy books from Amazon.
1. Read @literaryhub.bsky.social for everything books: lithub.com
2. Buy from @bookshop.org or your local bricks-and-mortar store. Never buy books from Amazon.
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Say what you will about Streetsblog and our agenda, but we don't invent facts to get mad about
Not sure I've ever seen anything quite like this press release from the NY State court system demanding a correction by the NY Post.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Say what you will about Streetsblog and our agenda, but we don't invent facts to get mad about
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We have a proposal for the 125th Street crosstown subway and we have an initial price tag ($7.7 billion). Now it's time for the MTA to figure out how to make it cheaper nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/03/d...
Does Hochul's 125th Street Subway Have to Be That Expensive? - Streetsblog New York City
The next phase of New York City's Second Avenue Subway carries a huge price tag, but advocates say the train could cost less with some minor changes.
nyc.streetsblog.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
We have a proposal for the 125th Street crosstown subway and we have an initial price tag ($7.7 billion). Now it's time for the MTA to figure out how to make it cheaper nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/03/d...
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ICE targeted transit stations
NJ 9th Street Light Rail Station quiet the day after ICE arrests, Hoboken mayor says https://gothamist.com/news/nj-9th-street-light-rail-station-quiet-the-day-after-ice-arrests-hoboken-mayor-says
NJ 9th Street Light Rail Station quiet the day after ICE arrests, Hoboken mayor says
Fear among immigrants ran high after videos of ICE activity at the transportation hub hit social media. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
ICE targeted transit stations
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Loud heavy long sigh.
This has it all:
Bashing his own successful policy
Making up numbers about fare evasion
Complaining that the MTA isn’t doing something it’s currently doing.
This tedious asshole nearly became mayor.
x.com/77wabcradio/...
This has it all:
Bashing his own successful policy
Making up numbers about fare evasion
Complaining that the MTA isn’t doing something it’s currently doing.
This tedious asshole nearly became mayor.
x.com/77wabcradio/...
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Loud heavy long sigh.
This has it all:
Bashing his own successful policy
Making up numbers about fare evasion
Complaining that the MTA isn’t doing something it’s currently doing.
This tedious asshole nearly became mayor.
x.com/77wabcradio/...
This has it all:
Bashing his own successful policy
Making up numbers about fare evasion
Complaining that the MTA isn’t doing something it’s currently doing.
This tedious asshole nearly became mayor.
x.com/77wabcradio/...
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Getting east to west in The Bronx is hard. Really there is only Fordham road that goes through (and the highway).
And the legit BIG hills make it a tough place to bike east west as well.
Such a line would be transformative
And the legit BIG hills make it a tough place to bike east west as well.
Such a line would be transformative
February 1, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Getting east to west in The Bronx is hard. Really there is only Fordham road that goes through (and the highway).
And the legit BIG hills make it a tough place to bike east west as well.
Such a line would be transformative
And the legit BIG hills make it a tough place to bike east west as well.
Such a line would be transformative
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It's kind of incredible that despite the evident need, there's never been a serious study of a Cross-Bronx rail link? Or am I just drawing a giant blank?
February 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
It's kind of incredible that despite the evident need, there's never been a serious study of a Cross-Bronx rail link? Or am I just drawing a giant blank?
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The NBER researchers considered which other US cities might see comparable suburban speed benefits if they implement congestion pricing. Their criteria:
1) Powerful downtown
2) Congested suburbs
3) Many long commutes
Boston and Chicago both are both promising candidates.
1) Powerful downtown
2) Congested suburbs
3) Many long commutes
Boston and Chicago both are both promising candidates.
January 30, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The NBER researchers considered which other US cities might see comparable suburban speed benefits if they implement congestion pricing. Their criteria:
1) Powerful downtown
2) Congested suburbs
3) Many long commutes
Boston and Chicago both are both promising candidates.
1) Powerful downtown
2) Congested suburbs
3) Many long commutes
Boston and Chicago both are both promising candidates.
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A strange but true finding about NYC congestion pricing:
Drivers’ time savings have overwhelmingly gone to those traveling *outside* the toll zone (i.e., driving from Brooklyn to Queens or within NJ) – not those headed into Manhattan.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
Drivers’ time savings have overwhelmingly gone to those traveling *outside* the toll zone (i.e., driving from Brooklyn to Queens or within NJ) – not those headed into Manhattan.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
Congestion Pricing’s Unexpected Winners: Suburban Drivers
NYC’s controversial toll program hasn’t just sped up trips inside Manhattan, a new paper finds. It’s easing traffic in outer boroughs and neighboring counties.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:08 PM
A strange but true finding about NYC congestion pricing:
Drivers’ time savings have overwhelmingly gone to those traveling *outside* the toll zone (i.e., driving from Brooklyn to Queens or within NJ) – not those headed into Manhattan.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
Drivers’ time savings have overwhelmingly gone to those traveling *outside* the toll zone (i.e., driving from Brooklyn to Queens or within NJ) – not those headed into Manhattan.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
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Abolishing ICE isn't sufficient.
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Abolishing ICE isn't sufficient.
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One aspect of US housing policy that doesn't work is the fact that we simultaneously:
A—Want "more affordable" housing
B—Want the middle class to put wealth into housing & to increase their wealth that way (indeed, they do: usafacts.org/answers/how-... )
These two goals are difficult to reconcile!
A—Want "more affordable" housing
B—Want the middle class to put wealth into housing & to increase their wealth that way (indeed, they do: usafacts.org/answers/how-... )
These two goals are difficult to reconcile!
Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."
January 29, 2026 at 6:07 PM
One aspect of US housing policy that doesn't work is the fact that we simultaneously:
A—Want "more affordable" housing
B—Want the middle class to put wealth into housing & to increase their wealth that way (indeed, they do: usafacts.org/answers/how-... )
These two goals are difficult to reconcile!
A—Want "more affordable" housing
B—Want the middle class to put wealth into housing & to increase their wealth that way (indeed, they do: usafacts.org/answers/how-... )
These two goals are difficult to reconcile!
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Why is the Dept of Transportation trying to torpedo NYC congestion pricing? Why - in God’s name - is Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on TV smearing the Minnesotans killed by ICE? For @newrepublic.com, I show Trump has turned USDOT into an authoritarian weapon. newrepublic.com/article/2051...
How Trump Weaponized the Department of Transportation
The policies that govern how we get from place to place are usually immune to partisanship. This administration is using them to advance Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
newrepublic.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Why is the Dept of Transportation trying to torpedo NYC congestion pricing? Why - in God’s name - is Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on TV smearing the Minnesotans killed by ICE? For @newrepublic.com, I show Trump has turned USDOT into an authoritarian weapon. newrepublic.com/article/2051...
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Why do people on the right claim that protestors in Minneapolis and elsewhere are “paid”? Because they’re just telling on themselves
January 29, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Why do people on the right claim that protestors in Minneapolis and elsewhere are “paid”? Because they’re just telling on themselves
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This is a tough storm to clear considering how much of it is ice and how cold it's going to be for the next weeks, but as always, the problem is that Sanitation plows the snow out of the roadway, which means it blocks the sidewalks and bus stops, and no one trails behind to do adequate removal.
Honestly, what's up with NYC Parks' snow removal operations?
I know Mayor Adams really f'ed up things, but the paths in City Hall Park are super narrow and, at times, unplowed.
Also, what's up with DOT shoveling MOUNDS into bus stops?!
I know Mayor Adams really f'ed up things, but the paths in City Hall Park are super narrow and, at times, unplowed.
Also, what's up with DOT shoveling MOUNDS into bus stops?!
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
This is a tough storm to clear considering how much of it is ice and how cold it's going to be for the next weeks, but as always, the problem is that Sanitation plows the snow out of the roadway, which means it blocks the sidewalks and bus stops, and no one trails behind to do adequate removal.
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Congestion Pricing in New York City is a huge success. Today, we’re in court defending this innovative policy.
January 28, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Congestion Pricing in New York City is a huge success. Today, we’re in court defending this innovative policy.
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Once again, comments from NYers about “newcomers” are indistinguishable from MAGA rhetoric about immigrants. Especially when the subject matter is the mostly-immigrant delivery workforce.
A Bushwick community board voted to call out the NYPD's ongoing criminal summons policy for cyclists — but now the board's longtime chair wants to toss the resolution for procedural reasons, but also slammed its supporters as newcomers who don't represent "the community."
Bushwick Panel Opposes NYPD Cycling Crackdown — But Board Chair Slams Newbies - Streetsblog New York City
A community board chair is calling into question the very role of community boards by saying his board doesn't speak for the community. Yes, he said the thinking part out loud.
buff.ly
January 28, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Once again, comments from NYers about “newcomers” are indistinguishable from MAGA rhetoric about immigrants. Especially when the subject matter is the mostly-immigrant delivery workforce.
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Funding has been off since October. This should be a complete national scandal on top of all other national scandals. The administration is holding our money hostage while they make up new rules.
Work on the Hudson River Rail tunnel will end on February 6 if federal funding isn’t restored, Gateway Project officials said this morning.
The Trump regime cut off funding last year in the early hours of the government shutdown.
Story TK
The Trump regime cut off funding last year in the early hours of the government shutdown.
Story TK
January 27, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Funding has been off since October. This should be a complete national scandal on top of all other national scandals. The administration is holding our money hostage while they make up new rules.
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At least two of the storefronts should be given over to people who've run DIY music venues in the city. You should be able to go to Fulton Center to see the next Geese for like $8
Amazing that the MTA spent $1.4 billion building a mall that they can’t even manage to keep occupied at one of the most prime locations on earth, and it wasn’t any sort of scandal that tarred anybody’s reputation or made anybody think twice about how the agency operates
January 26, 2026 at 7:56 PM
At least two of the storefronts should be given over to people who've run DIY music venues in the city. You should be able to go to Fulton Center to see the next Geese for like $8
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Which is why the federal government has deployed agencies that <<checks notes>> don’t have financial fraud in their remit to the scene to <<spins wheel>> drag people out of their homes in <<throws dart>> subzero weather <<pulls lever>> as the President makes racist comments about ethnic groups
This is nonsensical even by the standard of Trump’s addled conspiracy theories
January 25, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Which is why the federal government has deployed agencies that <<checks notes>> don’t have financial fraud in their remit to the scene to <<spins wheel>> drag people out of their homes in <<throws dart>> subzero weather <<pulls lever>> as the President makes racist comments about ethnic groups
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I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
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He said the thing, on camera
January 23, 2026 at 9:18 PM
He said the thing, on camera
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US DOT has not signed a single agreement for a big transit project since Duffy entered office. DOT eliminated funds for billions of dollars worth of projects. Tens of thousands of people are killed each year in car crashes. Transport emissions are increasing.
Meanwhile, Duffy is focusing on pajamas
Meanwhile, Duffy is focusing on pajamas
Duffy: "I can't mandate you dress up, but don't wear pajamas & slippers to the airport. If you dress a little better you behave a little better. We're all getting into tight airline seats. The prices go down when we do that. But I want people to be well behaved & Ia little better dressed would help"
January 23, 2026 at 1:47 PM
US DOT has not signed a single agreement for a big transit project since Duffy entered office. DOT eliminated funds for billions of dollars worth of projects. Tens of thousands of people are killed each year in car crashes. Transport emissions are increasing.
Meanwhile, Duffy is focusing on pajamas
Meanwhile, Duffy is focusing on pajamas
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There is no other option than to abolish ICE.
Scenes from occupied Minneapolis: "3 SUVs ICE officers driving down 21st to 42nd street. The ice officer rolled down his window and took a photo of me and said 'I got you motherfucker'. I am just a home owner going outside to see what was going on."
January 21, 2026 at 6:46 PM
There is no other option than to abolish ICE.
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I argue in a new @nyc.streetsblog.org piece that it's time for NYC DOT to get its policy-making & -explaining mojo back
OPINION: To Move Past the ‘Agony and Terror’ of the Adams Years, DOT Must Lean Into Research - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Mamdani should push his DOT to do real data analysis and research to back up its vision for city streets.
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I argue in a new @nyc.streetsblog.org piece that it's time for NYC DOT to get its policy-making & -explaining mojo back