Effective Transit Alliance
ETA advocates for high-quality, accessible, and forward-looking transit through internationally-inspired, technically-oriented analysis in greater New York.
- The Gateway Development Corporation is suing the federal government to receive its appropriated funds. While there are many issues with Gateway, stopping construction would add years of delay and potentially billions more in cost to this vital project. www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/02/g...
- As ETA has argued, infrastructure is far too important to be used for political games. www.etany.org/statements/2...
- Extending the Second Avenue subway across 125th St is a great concept, but the current project is deeply flawed: * At $7.7B for 1.3mi, it will cost an order of magnitude more than similar lines in other global cities. * Deep stations will waste a lot of time—over 10 min across 125th.
- ETA will soon publish a report recommending ways to significantly cut the project's costs, and we previewed some of those findings to Streetsblog. This is a promising route, but NY simply cannot build the transit it needs without getting its costs under control.
- Victory on the All Faiths Tunnel was just the start. Now we’re pushing for: • Automated light metro • High frequencies • Seamless in-system transfers • High-floor trains Check out ETA's official recommendations for the IBX environmental review submitted last November: www.etany.org/statements/i...
