Since 1979, the NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign has advocated for cleaner, safer and more affordable transit for New York City's 8.5 Million subway and bus riders.
Joined August 2009
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10 Jul 2025
🚍 NYC deserves fast, reliable buses! A bold new BRT plan calls for center-running lanes, off-board OMNY, and signal priority to transform service citywide. Let’s make it happen.
📰 amny.com/news/brt-plan-to-tr…
#BRT #TransitJustice #Straphangers
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8 Jul 2025
NEW: our report "BRT for the Boroughs: How the @MTA & City Hall can transform your bus ride" proposes transformational changes for New York City's two million daily bus riders. pcac.org/report/brtforthebor…
ALT PCAC graphic showing center-running bus lanes
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9 Jun 2025
🚍 Big win for Flatbush Ave riders: NYC is adding center-running bus lanes pedestrian islands between Livingston St & Grand Army Plaza. But the job's not done — @Strapha wants the plan expanded further south where service is still too slow. #BetterBuses
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15 Apr 2025
🚨 The NYS budget is late — again. And with it, critical transit investments hang in the balance.
The $55B MTA Capital Plan means faster, more reliable service, accessible stations & climate-ready infrastructure. Riders can’t wait.
📣 Fund it. Pass it. On time. #MTADayofAction
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15 Apr 2025
💥 100 reasons to love congestion pricing — and counting! Less traffic. Faster buses.
Cleaner air. Better transit. More foot traffic. This is what progress from Congestion Pricing looks like.
#CongestionPricing #FundTransitNow #Straphangers
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26 Jun 2024
Per @MTA, here’s what’s on ice thanks to @GovKathyHochul’s pause:
🧊 $100M in new subway, @LIRR, & @MetroNorth cars
🧊 25 ADA upgrades 🛗❌
🧊 Tech upgrades, incl track intrusion detection
🧊 250 EV buses charging infra
🧊 New signals on the A, C, B, D, F, & M
🧊 SAS Phase 2
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26 Jun 2024
The MTA Board meeting is this morning and we’re here to make the message clear: @GovKathyHochul flip #congestionpricing on! The transit system is in dire need of infrastructure upgrades and there are no other good options
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12 Jun 2024
CONGESTION PRICING NOW
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When the Gov said “no” to #congestionpricing she said no to electric bus infrastructure, no to signal upgrades to stop subway delays, no to elevators and an accessible transit system. We’re here today to fight for riders, less traffic, better air quality, and better mass transit
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10 Jun 2024
We at PCAC aren’t giving up either.
Keep calling @GovKathyHochul: 518-474-8390 ☎️
10 Jun 2024
"We at the MTA aren't giving up on congestion pricing"
- MTA Chair Janno Lieber, 6/10/24
Neither are we!
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7 Jun 2024
Don't give the governor an out, Mr. Speaker. She flipped, now let her flop.
The legislature will be held harmless for any project delays at #HochulsMTA
Riders need #CongestionPricingNow
7 Jun 2024
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says the current talks are about whether to figure out the MTA $$ situation now, before the end of the year, or in January.
“The plan is to be here late into tonight,” he said.
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7 Jun 2024
Let’s be crystal clear: Congestion Pricing is the law of the land and cannot be unilaterally overturned.
So long as the legislature holds the line against Governor Hochul’s IOU, better transit and cleaner air is within reach.
Keep calling your reps. ☎️
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7 Jun 2024
We’re with our allies in Albany to demand the legislature “vote no” on the bogus MTA bailout and support #CongestionPricing❗️
#GridlockKathy @GovKathyHochul
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7 Jun 2024
RT @yating_liu: Public transit is the lifeblood of NYC and traffic is choking our city streets. Congestion pricing is the only policy that…
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5 Jun 2024
NYers from outer-borough neighborhoods & transit deserts stand to benefit the most from expanding Fair Fares eligibility to 200% of the federal poverty level.
Proud to stand with advocates to call for expanded eligibility of this program in the budget.
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5 Jun 2024
Today, transit advocates and local electeds stood outside the office of @GovKathyHochul demanding that #CongestionPricing move forward! Congestion pricing is the only plan that will provide long needed upgrades to antiquated transit infrastructure!
See our press release below:
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We’ve already waited 15 years.
Delaying congestion pricing will derail our chance to create a modern, accessible transit system. It will deprive our city of cleaner air, safer streets and a more thriving economy.
We can’t let short-term politics derail broad long-term benefits.
ALT Comptroller Lander at the Congestion Pricing rally.
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5 Jun 2024
In pausing congestion pricing, Gov Hochul has effectively killed the MTA Capital Plan. This is a slap in the face to our neighbors who rely on a functioning public transportation system. This decision will also cost NYers jobs and will have devastating environmental consequences.
5 Jun 2024
PUMP THE BRAKES: Congestion pricing hits roadblock, as Gov. Hochul pulls plug on vehicle-tolling plan weeks before June 30 launch
Outrage aplenty over Guv's 11th-hour "betrayal," as Hochul sez, "There never is only one path forward."
NEW in @THECITYNY thecity.nyc/2024/06/05/mta-c…
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5 Jun 2024
Ridiculous and indefensible to delay a (state-mandated!!) program designed to make our city safer, our people healthier, and our public transit more expansive and accessible for everyone.
Congestion pricing is simply good governance.
Hochul considering congestion pricing delay amid concerns from Democratic leaders ow.ly/qnTW105vB4E
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5 Jun 2024
BREAKING: Our Statement on Governor Hochul's Congestion Pricing Delay: We are stunned that Governor Hochul has delayed implementation just a couple weeks before its start. Her decision tells subway and bus riders they don't rank
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