The Daily News discusses the push by ETA and other New York-area civic groups to stop a bill mandating two-person subway crews—something not mandated anywhere else in the world.

One-person train operation is the standard across both the country and the world. It is safe, it lowers costs, and allows for more frequent service at a lower price.

A 125th St extension of the Second Ave subway travels the right route, but with a price of more than $7B/mi and with deep stations forcing 5+ min escalator trips, the current plan doesn't work.

ETA sat down with the Joint Transit Association to talk ways to fix this vital link.

Streetsblog spoke to ETA about monthly caps. While better, ETA still recommends steeply-discounted prepaid monthlies.

Before OMNY, a NY monthly pass cost 46 rides. In contrast, the Continental European range is 15-30, encouraging ridership while discouraging fare evasion.

Extending the Second Ave subway across 125th St is a good concept, but the current plan is deeply flawed.

ETA discussed why the project is so expensive and ways to make it cheaper with Streetsblog.

ENR talked to ETA about Metro-North's plan to electrify the Hudson Line's other express track.

This will allow the agency's new Charger locomotives to operate on electricity all the way to Croton Harmon before shifting to diesel, allowing faster, cleaner travel.

The real future, however, lies in electrifying all of the MTA’s diesel territory and running fast EMUs instead of locomotives.

In describing the governor’s veto, Streetsblog NYC pointed out ETA’s role in defeating this poorly thought-through piece of legislation.

The Interborough Express has the potential to be a transformative piece of infrastructure, but to truly live up to its potential, it needs to be constructed to global standards: as an automated light metro.

ETA talked with Bloomberg CityLab about the future and potential of the IBX.

In a baffling and unacceptable move, the MTA recently announced that its purchase of 378 new R268 subway cars will not include walk-through open gangway trains.

As ETA's Blair Lorenzo explained to Streetsblog, walk-through trains are the worldwide standard for good reason: they are safer, more comfortable, and carry more people.

Do you want to learn more about through-running, and why it's the clear solution to improve service at Penn Station? There are few better places to start than with this short documentary from the Joint Transit Authority, featuring ETA’s own Blair Lorenzo and Khyber Sen.

ETA talked to the New York Times about a bill on Gov Hochul's desk that would mandate two crew on every subway train—something not required by any other metro in the world. This bill threatens existing service and would threaten having modern, automated trains on the new IBX. One-person and automated trains are the standard across the world; this bill would lock New York in the past.

ETA’s Blair Lorenzo talked to The City about how the IBX is moving forward at a quick pace—for American infrastructure, at least. In particular, it’s good to see the state pay to fund an Environmental Impact Statement without guaranteed federal support so that the project can be shovel-ready when federal money is available again.

The Gothamist highlights ETA’s work trying to stop a poorly-thought through law mandating two-person trains—something mandated no where else in the world. ETA’s Blair Lorenzo points out that trains run safely in major cities all over the world with one-person operations or fully automated systems.

“Lighter trains are always better, they are cheaper to run, they accelerate faster, they brake faster"

ETA's Blair Lorenzo talked with The City about potential the technologies on the city's newest subway car order, the R262.

ETA's Madison Feinberg discussed recent PATH troubles with Gothamist. Weekend PATH service is already unacceptable, and the PANYNJ needs to do everything it can to improve its schedules and reduce maintenance impacts on off-peak riders.

A look at the problems of PATH by the Joint Transit Association, featuring ETA’s Madison Feinberg.

In this discussion of the pros and cons of fare free buses, Slate’s David Zipper cites ETA’s work on Six Minute Service.

In this episode of The Brian Lehrer show on WNYC, MTA Chair Janno Lieber is asked about ETA’s through-running plans for Penn Station, decribing through-running as “positive” and something the MTA is “interested” in.

ETA’s executive director Blair Lorenzo was a guest on WBAI’s Eco-Logic show, discussing the region’s pressing transportation issues, ways to make transit more effective, and New Jersey’s misguided attempt to widen the NJ Turnpike through Jersey City.
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“While we are not in love with the way the situation was handled or the lower price, we our ecstatic that congestion pricing will finally be implemented,” said Blair Lorenzo, Executive Director, Effective Transit Alliance. “This is a major victory for New York that promises not only a steady funding stream for the MTA in very uncertain times, but also make life better for all New Yorkers by reducing traffic. A needed victory for New York!”

"We are ecstatic that the MTA made the right decision to build a tunnel through All Faiths Cemetery," said ETA Executive Director Blair Lorenzo. "For the price of a single, short tunnel, IBX riders will get faster, more frequent, and more reliable trips for decades to come. We will work to ensure the MTA keeps to their word and builds a shallow, inexpensive tunnel, but this is an investment well worth making."