December 2009
3 posts
The MTA & Our Streets
Today, we’re squandering the most valuable real estate in the world, giving this public asset to the lowest-density mode of transportation.
- Paul Steely White, Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives, on Our Streets
One of the key benefits of improving the MTA is the effect it has on our streets.
When the trains are fast, frequent, reliable and uncrowded day and night, many...
New Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Tours Added! →
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Trust me, you will enjoy this. The story behind this tunnel is unbelievable.
OurMTA will be making a group trip next month. Join the mailing list and stay tuned!
The Only Real MTA Budget Fix: Accountability to...
While the Speaker is right, that transit is crucial to the lives of New Yorkers and any cuts would be devastating, the proposed solution, to
reallocate $140 million of capital funds to temporarily close an unexpected gap in [the MTA] operating budget
does nothing but further delay maintenance and improvements to a system where:
tunnels are literally caving in for lack of maintenance,...
November 2009
8 posts
New Ways to Share Subway Hope & Angst
Seeing as how photos have been making a stir of late, and all the troubles and beauty we see in the subway, we think it’s only natural to collect photos of all of these to share.
In our new group: MTA Malfeasance, you’ll find scenes of MTA’s worst moments.
And to balance things out, on OurMTA’s happy transit we’re collecting some of our best transit moments. ...
Fixed Meetup Announcement!
There was a problem with the links. They work now, check them out! There’s beauty behind every one.
Williamsburg museum seeks the first-ever 'Miss G...
talesfromthemta:
Calling all G train beauties! Do you have what it takes to be “Miss G Train?”
A Williamsburg museum is hosting the first-ever “Miss G Train” competition next week, looking for the best straphanger to wear a G train sash and become the line’s unofficial ambassador.
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Meetup next Thursday: The Consequences Business #1
Hello, New York! After a short interruption, we’re putting on a Meetup next Thursday to get things started. Task #1 is spreading the word.
We know:
the trains could run like clockwork, and twice as often, ending waiting and crowding
while the MTA doesn’t even give us arrival times, even South American subways have WiFi
new lines and buses could serve long-crowded and...
Take Your Talent Underground
While we put a lot of focus on the folks at the MTA, making a better subway experience isn’t just the work of “other people” - we all have a stake and play a part in a better subway environment. And if fact, you have more right than you might think to play a part.
Thanks to the 1st amendment, you have a right to speak and perform in the NYC subway system AND even get paid for...
October 2009
1 post
FixMTA.org is now OurMTA.org
One of many things to come out of last night’s first planning meeting was the question: who are we, what is our message, and does the name FixMTA suit our goals?
On reflection, while we do think the MTA needs reform, that we in New York do need to “fix” the MTA, that’s not enough to capture who we are and what we’re doing.
We love the subways. We love transit. We...
September 2009
2 posts
Welcome to the OurMTA blog!
We’re just getting started, but we’ll have something here soon enough.