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DC Metro Says Fare Increase & Loss of Tax Benefit Caused 2012 Ridership Dip
Buying fare cards at Metro's Smithsonian Station (photo by Ian Muttoo via flickr)The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) says the one-two punch of last year’s fare increase coupled...
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Following Public Pressure, Metro Will Add More Bus Service to DC's Busiest...
Commuters at 16th and U Streets NWAdditional morning rush hour service is coming to Metro’s busiest bus corridor in Washington after the Dupont Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commission took commuters’...
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Infrastructure report card says $3.6 trillion needed by 2020
Former Pa. Governor Ed Rendell (Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in backdrop)The nation’s infrastructure received a D+, a slight improvement from the D issued in 2009, in an infrastructure report...
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Maryland's Future Transit Hub "Severely Compromised" by Construction Errors
Silver Spring Transit Center (photo by ThisIsBossi via flickr)(Matt Bush -- Washington, D.C., WAMU) An independent report on the yet-to-be-opened Silver Spring Transit Center shows the transit hub is...
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NY School Bus Workers Face Major Pay Cut
Dina Nero on strike in the Bronx (photo by Stephen Nessen/WNYC)(New York, NY -- Stephen Nessen, Schoolbook/WNYC) New York City school bus workers are expected to have their pay slashed and benefits...
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How a D.C. Suburb Avoided the Capital's Traffic Nightmare
Arlington's Wilson Boulevard and North Lynn Street at night. (Photo CC by Flickr user Mrs. Gernstone)(Washington, D.C. -- WAMU) While the District of Columbia grapples with proposed changes to its...
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Fung Wah Investigation Leads to 2nd, More Shocking Shut Down Order,...
The U.S. Department of Transportation has again formally ordered Fung Wah Bus company, one of the most well known "Chinatown bus companies" credited with helping to pioneer the now popular business...
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LaHood Doles Out Another $1.42 Billion To Transit Hit By Sandy
(New York, NY - WNYC) The federal government is making available the balance of $2 billion promised to transit agencies hit hard by Sandy. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told transit...
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A Blind Rider's Long Commute, or How Transit Cuts Hit Those Who Need It Most
Buddy Yates and his guide dog Palmer wait for the bus in Seattle, Wash. (Photo by Derek Wang / KUOW)(Derek Wang, Seattle, Wash. -- KUOW -- Audio) It’s 3:00 p.m. on a recent workday in Seattle and Buddy...
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Seattle Could Cancel Nearly 30 Percent Of Bus Routes
Seattle bus (photo by Oran Viricincy via flickr)(Derek Wang - Seattle, KUOW) King County Metro could eliminate of almost a third of its routes.Ongoing budget woes are forcing the Seattle transit...
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Maryland County Approves Millions More for Troubled Transit Center
Maryland's Montgomery County Council approved an additional $7 million to pay for construction work already completed at Silver Spring Transit Center, which is already two years behind schedule and...
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Why Tolls Will Be Waived On One Virginia Highway This Weekend
495, shown last year while under constructionNearly five months after opening, the operators of the 495 Express Lanes are struggling to attract motorists to their congestion-free toll road in a region...
View ArticleQuinn's Transit Vision: Long on Buses, Ferries, Short on Bike Share
(New York, NY - WNYC) —New York City Council speaker Christine Quinn gave voters their first detailed glimpse into what her transportation agenda would be if she's elected Mayor. It's like Bloomberg's...
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Transport Workers, Needing to Bargain With NY MTA Chair Prendergast, Open...
(New York, NY - WNYC) —Now that the NY MTA has a new chairman in Tom Prendergast, and Local Transport Workers Union 100 has a recently re-elected president in John Samuelsen, the two sides can now sit...
View ArticleNY MTA Ponders How To Spend An Extra $40 Million
The NY MTA is deciding all the time how to spend the discretionary part of its budget. But rarely is that budget unexpectedly enriched by an extra $40 million, which occurred last month when Albany...
View ArticleNYC Council Bill Calls for Citywide Bus Rapid Transit Network
New York City's transit authority has introduced five Select Bus Service routes in recent years and proposed more than 20 others, but that's not enough for some supporters of faster buses who want to...
View ArticleWith Nicer Buses, Ridership Spiked Enough to Fend Off Fare Hike for AC Transit
AC Transit—the large bus agency that serves much of San Francisco's East Bay—experienced a jump in ridership this year. Better on-time reliability and more efficient repairs lured in the passengers,...
View ArticleD.C. Suburb, at a "Crossroads," Eyes Bus Rapid Transit
ROCKVILLE, Md. —The official kickoff to Montgomery County's BRT discussion was punctuated by worry and hope -- and was underscored by the sense that the densely populated county is at the...
View ArticleCity Council Funds New Countdown Clocks for Buses
Transit advocates are praising members of the New York City Council for allocating almost $2.8 million dollars in the budget that was just approved for countdown clocks at bus stops.Riders Alliance...
View ArticleBus Rapid Transit Gets its Day at the County Fair
Montgomery County politicians and transit advocates used the county fair to show off what they hope will be the region's solution to traffic congestion: a bus.The 60-foot, articulated bus, on loan from...
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Your Coming MTA Fare Hike, Explained
On March 22, the base of a New York City bus or subway ride will increase a quarter.Sigh.MTA board members acknowledged that the riding public probably won't embrace the fare hike. But they say...
View ArticleAudit: A Third of City's Express Buses Are Tardy
City comptroller Scott Stringer says express bus service isn't living up to its name.An audit by his office found about a third of those buses are not running on time, with delays running between six...
View ArticleMTA Chairman Prendergast
With ridership increasing and the system not getting any younger, Tom Prendergast, chairman and CEO for the MTA, talks about the plan for new subway cars, buses and system improvements, and how much...
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Riders, 'Voting With Their Metrocards,' Are Abandoning NYC Buses
New York City has been losing bus riders for years. Now a coalition of transit advocates is offering up a blueprint to help turn that trend around."Our buses are traveling at an average of 7 miles per...
View ArticleBus Don't Kill My Vibe: How Straphangers Can Air Their Gripes
While subway straphangers worry about etiquette, New York City bus riders have a unique set of gripes.Riders Alliance, a grassroots transit advocacy group, is collecting stories from bus riders about...
View ArticleMTA Chief Says He'll Step Down Early This Year
After 25 years at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and serving as the agency's chairman and chief executive since 2013, Tom Prendergast said he will retire early this year. His announcement...
View ArticleThe Wheels on the Bus...Go. Really. Slowly.
WNYC's We The Commuters project is all about buses this week, and Kathy from New Paltz kicked things off on Monday with this summary of her commute into the city:"It's almost like a family. You get to...
View ArticleThe L Train Shutdown Will Bring Big Changes to Manhattan
Starting in April 2019, the MTA will begin repair work on the Canarsie tunnel connecting Manhattan to Williamsburg and other parts of north Brooklyn for more than a year. With just 16 months to go...
View ArticleMTA to Add More Trains ... During Off-Peak Hours
The MTA plans to add more subway service during off-peak hours starting in November.At most, each line will see two more subway trains an hour, but given the current size of the fleet and current...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Transit Chief, FDA on E-Cigarettes, Nightclub Consent
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Transit Chief on Subways and Buses (First) | The FDA Takes on E-Cigarettes (Starts at 35:22) | Promoting Consent in NYC Clubs...
View ArticleThese Three People Say They Can Fix the Subway
Corey Johnson wants to be the next mayor of New York, and the press seems to think he will be. His plan to fix transit is the centerpiece of his platform. Tom Wright is the CEO of the powerful...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics; ConEd Feels The Heat; Mueller Report Reading; MTA...
Coming up on today's show:Brittney Shepherd, national politics reporter for Yahoo News, where she focuses on the intersection of politics, culture, and the 2020 presidential election.Will Wade, energy...
View ArticleWhat is the MTA Reorganization Plan?
John Raskin, founding executive director of bus and subway riders' advocacy group The Riders Alliance, offers his take on the newly announced reorganization plan for the MTA and his own departure from...
View ArticleWho's More Generous With Giving Up Their Seat: Subway Or Bus Riders?
It's a classic New York debate: Who is most deserving of a seat on a crowded subway? And does the calculation change when you're on a bus?WNYC's Shumita Basu set out to test the theory that bus culture...
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How To Redesign Queens' Bus Network (Step 1: Make People Mad)
Bus routes in Queens have largely stayed the same since the 1940s. The MTA says that’s why it's scrapping that map and developing a new Queens bus network from scratch. But when the agency released its...
View ArticleMTA to Install Plexiglass Barriers at Bus Depots for Workers
In an effort to protect MTA bus workers from contracting COVID-19 at work, the agency is taking new measures. Some low tech solutions are coming to bus depots and maintenance yards.As of Monday, 50 MTA...
View ArticleAsk the Mayor: ICE Agents Posing as NYPD; Bus Lanes; Parking; More
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including the shut-down zones, parking, bus lanes, and more.On @WNYC's @BrianLehrer just now: @NYCMayor...
View ArticleThe Transit Union Proposal for Raising Revenue
John Samuelsen, International President of Transport Workers Union, talks about the stock transfer tax as a way to avoid drastic cuts to transit service and workers.
View ArticleMTA Still Running Heavily-Subsidized Express Bus Service Despite Few Riders
The MTA has cut some subway and commuter rail service to adjust for a dramatic drop in ridership during the pandemic. But the agency's costly express buses are running with full service.For more go to...
View ArticleRep. Ritchie Torres; Transportation News Roundup; Ramadan and the Many...
On today's show:U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY15) talks about the issues facing Congress and his efforts to support Ukraine.Stephen Nessen, transportation reporter for the WNYC Newsroom,...
View ArticleSPECIAL: Transportation around the world
In this one-hour special, The World looks at transportation issues around the globe. Thor Pedersen, a former UN soldier originally from Denmark, went on a decadelong adventure that took him to every...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics; MTA Update; A Push for Reparations in New Jersey;...
On today's show: Susan Glasser, staff writer at the New Yorker, where she writes a column on life in Biden's Washington and co-anchors a weekly roundtable discussion on "The Political Scene" podcast,...
View ArticleAssembly Member Zohran Mamdani on the State Budget
Zohran K. Mamdani, New York State assemblymember (D, D-36, Queens), comments on the sticking points preventing New York State from passing its annual budget as well as his initiative to expand the...
View ArticleTransit Latest: Congestion Pricing, Fare Evasion, the End of Free Bus Routes...
Stephen Nessen, WNYC and Gothamist transportation reporter, brings updates on the latest transit news, including a launch date for congestion pricing, the end of free bus routes and more.
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics; Barbara Walters: Trailblazer; Transit News on...
On today's show: Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of several books, including THE RULEBREAKER: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters (Simon & Schuster, 2024), talks...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Latest in Transit; Are SATs a Good Thing?; Bird Migration
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Transit Latest: Congestion Pricing, Fare Evasion, the End of Free Bus Routes and More (First) | Are SATs a Good Thing? (Starts at...
View Article120 Years of the Subway Celebrated at the New York Transit Museum
How would you complete the sentence, "The subway is...?" A new exhibition from the New York Transit Museum, The Subway Is..., celebrates 120 years since the opening of the New York City subway by...
View ArticleThe Mayoral Race & Transportation
Nicole Gelinas, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, a columnist at the New York Post and the author of the new book, Movement: New York's Long War to Take...
View ArticleTwo Opinions on Andrew Cuomo; Former Mayor Bill de Blasio; The Candidates on...
Loading...On today's show: Bill de Blasio, former mayor of New York City, explains why he does not think Andrew Cuomo should be the next mayor of New York City, plus responds to The New York Times...
View ArticleThe 99PI Anniversary Special: 15 for 15
For 99PI’s 15th anniversary, Roman sits in the hot seat to answer 15 eclectic questions, touching on everything from his dream merch to the one object he's always wanted to cover on the show.Plus, a...
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