Reposted by Second Ave. SagasGateway Development Commission @gatewayprogram.bsky.social · 6hTunnel boring machines do a lot more than just dig. They are underground factories that drill through the earth and build the tunnel tubes, positioning pre-cast concrete segments to form rings that lock together to make the tunnel lining. Who would have guessed that boring could be so interesting? 0407
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 6hThis is a largely economically illiterate article that continues Gothamist's descent into NIMBYism. Yuck. 3271
Reposted by Second Ave. SagasReinvent Albany @reinventalbany.bsky.social · 6hReinvent Albany joins 15 advocacy groups, including @envdefensefund.bsky.social, @nrdc.org, @nypirg.bsky.social, @partnership4nyc.bsky.social, and @tstc.bsky.social in a new amicus brief supporting the MTA’s congestion pricing program in Duffy v. MTA. Read the amicus brief here: buff.ly/wBwZzXYreinventalbany.orgAmicus Brief Supporting Congestion Pricing in Duffy v. MTA Lawsuit - Reinvent AlbanyReinvent Albany joined an amicus brief with 15 advocacy groups, including the Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, NYPIRG, Partnership for New York City, and Tri-State… 044
Reposted by Second Ave. SagasSarah 🍕 @sarahv.dftba.social · 10hIs this the second time this week a conductor has failed to see a person or animal being dragged by a train? Yikes. 291
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 10hThe dog carrier rules in the subway - which should be enforced - are for the safety of other passengers and the animals. They're not just suggestions for a reason. bsky.app/profile/magi... 1374
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 10hHere's a statement: James Dolan should not be denying people entrance to MSG or Radio City Music Hall or the Beacon Theater because they have written mean tweets about him or work for lawfirms that have sued him or MSG Entertainment. 0180
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 10hYou have to play political hardball with the guy funding a campaign against you, and in this case, that political hardball is both legal and part of a common-sense public policy proposal. 2230
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 10hThe Penn Station/MSG conundrum is something I wrote about back in 2013: secondavenuesagas.com/2013/03/28/s... Here's The Athletic in 2019 writing about MSG's property tax exemption, which had a lifetime value of over $500 million 8 years ago www.nytimes.com/athletic/875... 180
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 10hI would say that the admirable public policy goals of revoking MSG's tax giveaways as a point of leverage against Dolan's MSG surveillance state or improving Penn Station passenger flow and operations is hardly akin to what Trump does. 2181
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 12hJust imagining a future where the day after he reelection, Kathy Hochul calls Dolan and tells him either he's being 40 years of backtaxes or we're bulldozing the Garden for a new Penn Station and there's nothing to do to stop it. 0180
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 12hDo you know that Democratic politicians in the State of New York could make life very very uncomfortable for James Dolan by actually using the levers of controls they have over MSG's tax status and future? And yet! bsky.app/profile/noah... 310731
Reposted by Second Ave. SagasDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 14h"Zero of those people have been killed by e-bikes or e-scooters,” said Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. “Yet here we are at a hearing [on] 21 bills aimed at regulating e-bikes and e-scooters. None are about regulating dangerous driving and only two are about infrastructure.”nyc.streetsblog.orgNYPD's Tisch Skips City Council E-Bike Hearing Despite Focus on EnforcementNYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch blew off Wednesday’s City Council hearing about e-bike safety — sending subordinates in her stead. 221751
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 30/09/2026Politically speaking, the TWU's deafening silence on this death is very very notable. 1593
Reposted by Second Ave. SagasShabazz Stuart @shabazzstuart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I thought the point of having 2 people on each train was to prevent stuff like this from happening regardless of how "unsteady" someone is? 2574
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 30/09/2026Nora Kogan's old Park Slope stores have a litany of online reviews that are basically like "This lady is beyond racist" so this inane lawsuit completely tracks. 090
Reposted by Second Ave. SagasNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Letter from Gov. Hochul to Commerce Secretary Lutnick and Trade Representative Greer requesting a tariff exemption for Made in America trains and buses is online — www.governor.ny.gov/sites/defaul...governor.ny.gov 172
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 30/09/2026DOT realizing it is up to them to determine how street space allocated rather than up to some 78 year old person who drives everywhere despite living 40 feet from the Borough Hall subway stop is a good development. 081
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 30/09/2026Timeline context: DOT first announced plans for this sidewalk extension in 2017. The paint-on-asphalt approach is great for a quick implementation, but after 9 years, this should be a permanent part of the sidewalk, not still just paint on asphalt. 2110
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 30/09/2026For instance, this is a bad design. You've taken up half of the painted sidewalk extension space with planters because it's the only way the city can think of to keep drivers from taking up pedestrian space. Just build out the concrete sidewalk! 2312
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 30/09/2026That's the other key. This area in midtown needs more pedestrian space and wider sidewalks generally. Plopping more things in the way defeats one of the purpose of restricting car access. I'd pair a carnival ride in the plaza with built-up wider sidewalks along 7th and 8th Aves (and not planters) 1120
Reposted by Second Ave. SagasStreetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 30/09/2026From @sophlebo.bsky.social: "Here's a photo from outside city hall where delivery workers are waiting to get into a public hearing that is largely about them. (It's been going on for over an hour and a half)." 0215
Reposted by Second Ave. SagasStreetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 30/09/2026From @sophlebo.bsky.social: "The City Council's historic hearing on e-bikes is underway and there is a ton of talk about delivery workers and delivery apps. But I'm told there's around 70 delivery workers from Los Deliveristas Unidos outside currently unable to access the hearing." 3334
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 30/09/2026That's what I was trying to figure out. It's a tight fit with the angle of the roads where Broadway and 6th Ave. cross, and no one is bulldozing the green spaces for this. 100
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 30/09/2026One thing I'd like to see is permanent treatment. The part closed to cars is still just paint on a roadbed. It should be graded evenly and made to look and feel like the pedestrian space in Times Square rather than a repurposed roadbed. We certainly can do that after years of not allowing cars. 2201
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 30/09/2026The RFP is for the concessions for the entire plaza (including responsibility for seating). I'm curious how the rides would go. The little carousels in plazas at a number of Paris Metro stops are very cute and very popular with the kiddos. PDF: 34thstreet.org/assets/uploa... 3313
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 30/09/2026Read all about in Bloomberg News here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comMTA Seeks to End $1 Billion of Tariffs on Subway Cars, BusesThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants the Trump administration to exempt New York City’s purchases of new subway cars and buses from tariffs to avoid $1 billion in added fees on the nation’s... 0120
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 30/09/2026Thank you, President Trump, for making new rolling stock cost $1 billion more it should. We salute you for making the US' transit cost crisis even worse. 🫡 1255
Reposted by Second Ave. SagasNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 30/09/2026MTA presentation on $1 billion tax on transit that tariffs are taking on our bus and train procurements. We have to pay this tax despite exceeding Buy America requirements and that rolling stock program funds hundreds and hundreds of manufacturing jobs — www.youtube.com/live/0e3tHtO...youtube.comMTA Board Meeting - 9/30/2026YouTube video by MTA Live 24412
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 29/09/2026This is also a safety issue that is fully addressed with platform edge doors. How many unnecessary and avoidable deaths will we tolerate before we get an actually serious attempt to wall off platform edges? 1203
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 29/09/2026I had the same question. The doors should not show as closed if this happens. 4395
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 28/09/2026You would think maybe a single state representative would be interested in following up here. 100
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 28/09/2026A full minute for emergency response travel reductions is considerable. That's great. 011521
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 28/09/2026The new fare should bring the subsidy all the way down to around $8 per ride. bsky.app/profile/rach... 2251
Reposted by Second Ave. SagasJarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mission Accomplished @speakermenin.bsky.social! One less e-bike to harass pedestrians! 1175
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 28/09/2026If you would like to feel old, it's been 16 years since Chris Christie canceled ARC. 1426
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 28/09/2026Is the air too clean? Are you spending too little on gas? Boy, do I have a solution for you! bsky.app/profile/lega... 210918
Reposted by Second Ave. Sagassethrosenblum.bsky.social @sethrosenblum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"We're running behind, so we won't give status updates for another 6 months". is a really bad sign for any engineering organization. 292
Reposted by Second Ave. Sagassethrosenblum.bsky.social @sethrosenblum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's particularly bad that they constantly delay updates on items by months at a time. The last signals update was due in spring, but was delayed with no real reason given. The last update discussed how far they had fallen behind and what they were doing to fix it. They should give an update! 161
Reposted by Second Ave. SagasColleen Wilson @colleenonthescene.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As promised and perfectly predicted by me… everyone held hands, put them in the middle and yelled “gooooo team” 0164
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 28/09/2026This has been my personal issue for a while - though it's become more evident since I stopped blogging. Once-per-year updates on Penn Station Access or 2nd Ave. or OMNY or a multi-billion-dollar rolling stock plan just should not be acceptable, and Albany should do its own regular oversight here too 0132
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 28/09/2026I realize construction timelines are on years, rather than months, but getting 1x annual assessments of these items while Albany has essentially punted on *any* MTA oversight seems like bad governance to me. The public is owed more transparency than this. 1130
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 28/09/2026Every month I look at the MTA Board's Capital Program agenda for the upcoming 12 months and am just shocked at the paucity of oversight for a multi-billion-dollar capital program. 3143
Reposted by Second Ave. SagasStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 27/09/2026Janno Lieber likes to blame Mamdani’s free bus campaign and Covid for muddying the waters and worsening bus fare evasion. Meanwhile, Lieber’s own buses are confusing riders in multiple ways (this bus is not going to Court Sq!) by flashing a “FARE REQUIRED” message on a free subway replacement bus 4767
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 27/09/2026I go to London just often enough to really see the difference and it’s remarkable how much better the city even from 10 years ago. 110
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 27/09/2026I linked to the wrong piece. You can read his self-centered whining here. He’s mad about a 35 minute cab ride that’s also a 35 minute Tube ride. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09...telegraph.co.uk 050
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 27/09/2026He bought a house in Palm Beach in 2023 and he’s just whining about ULEZ and traffic calming like the disingenuous selfish prick he is. I’m sure he’s mad about NYC’s pied a terre tax too. 🎻 1181
