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New York City Transit is the life blood of New York City, moving more than 187.9 million passengers per month. However, the Lexington Avenue Subway Line is currently over 150% of capacity. As the City grows we must improve capacity and investigate transportation alternatives. We must find alternative transportation routes for residents of Roosevelt Island by modifying current subway service, trams, ferries, and even building additional subway stations.

While we are building any improvements, including the long overdue Second Avenue Subway, we must make sure that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is transparent by making its construction plans available to the people, open to review and suggestions from the community, and accountable should final decisions be made by the MTA without public comment.

While the Mayor's Congestion Pricing plan may not have been enacted, it is important not to let a greener New York fall by the wayside. As your City Council member I will work with you to implement initiatives that preserve our environment, improve transportation and make New York City a clean, affordable, and accessible place to live.

Solution for Transportation: Ease congestion, improve mobility and expand to under-served areas by implementing a Bus Rapid Transit system.

Submitted by kallos on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 1:01pm
Issue: 
Transportation
Solution: 
Ease congestion, improve mobility and expand to under-served areas by implementing a Bus Rapid Transit system.
Explanation: 

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system is an extremely efficient and relatively cheap way to expand our mass transit system, costing only about $10 million per mile compared to the $1 to $2 billion per mile for the Second Avenue Subway. It has worked extremely well in other cities, and the City’s BX12 line in the Bronx, our first BRT line, has been a major success, increasing ridership and decreasing travel time. We should look to barrier-off bus lanes to improve speed and service to the level of the subway system. We must also work to build a BRT system in areas that as of now have few mass transit options, even if it means they will be less crowded. In the long run, it will spur economic growth in the area and ridership will increase.

Source: 
Former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green, "Change for New York: 100 Ideas for a Better City," 2009.
http://markgreen.com/100#82

Solution for Transportation: Create a single regional transit pass, joining PATH, Metro-North, the LIRR and the city’s subways and buses.

Submitted by kallos on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 1:01pm
Issue: 
Transportation
Solution: 
Create a single regional transit pass, joining PATH, Metro-North, the LIRR and the city’s subways and buses.
Explanation: 

It’s time we develop a regional transit pass – a long-delayed proposal that would be a great step toward uniting our disparate transportation systems. The MTA led the way to the introduction of EZ-Pass, and PATH riders between New Jersey and Manhattan can now use a Metrocard or SmartLink cards. We should expand on these successes and create a truly universal regional transit pass, easing congestion and headaches for commuters, both within New York and those commuting into the City.

Source: 
Former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green, "Change for New York: 100 Ideas for a Better City," 2009.
http://markgreen.com/100#83

Free Summer Rides with Hazon and NYC Century with Transportation Alternatives

Submitted by kallos on Fri, 10/21/2011 - 12:00am

 


On many Sundays this Summer I joined Hazon for their free summer rides to Katonah and Nyack. I recently to put these training rides to good use by supporting Transportation Alternatives, the City’s advocates for pedestrians, bicycling, and public transit, as participant in this year’s NYC Century, where many of us biked 78+ miles around Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.

 

 

Issue: 
Transportation