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MTA IDENTIFIES FIRMS QUALIFIED TO BID ON DESIGN FOR BUILDING OF METRO-NORTH PENN STATION ACCESS PROJECT
[MTA\Metro-North Penn Station Access Project] Bronx Borough President Diaz: “I’m thrilled to see the Metro-North Penn Access Project moving forward so quickly. This landmark ...
NEW YORK CITY OFFICIALS AND TRANSIT ADVOCATES CELEBRATE EXPANSION OF “FAIR FARES” PROGRAM
[“Fair Fares” Program Expansion] Mayor Bill de Blasio: “Access to public transportation is a basic right—not a luxury for the wealthy. With Fair Fares, ...
TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY GROUP RIDERS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
[The Riders Alliance\Betsy Plum] The Riders Alliance announced today that the organization has selected Betsy Plum as its next Executive Director…In her prior roles, ...
TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MTA AND GOVERNOR CUOMO: WE NEED BETTER SERVICE—NOT MORE POLICE
[Transportation News\MTA Policing] State Senator Alessandra Biaggi: “Instead of spending $249 million on a new police force, the MTA should increase bus and train ...
NY TRANSIT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES TO GOVERNOR CUOMO: INVEST IN MTA SERVICE UPGRADES NOT MORE MTA POLICE
[New York News\MTA] Riders Alliance Community Organizer Danna Dennis: “Riders need more subways and buses, not an expensive new police force. Governor Cuomo should ...
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES DECRY GOVERNOR CUOMO’S NEW PLAN TO OVERPOLICE TRANSIT SYSTEM
[New York News\MTA] Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard: “The crackdown on low-income communities of color trying to access public transit must ...
RIDERS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES “DAYS OF ACTION” CAMPAIGN
[New York News\Transit] The Riders Alliance will share stories highlighting the role that the current limited Fair Fares program is already playing in New ...
TRANSIT ADVOCATES TO GOVERNOR CUOMO: MORE MONEY IS NEED TO UPGRADE NYC BUS LINES
[Transit News\ NYC Bus Redesign Program] Riders Alliance member Latchmi Gopal: “We are happy that the MTA is redesigning all the routes, but in ...