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Uber driver protests

Hundreds of Uber, Lyft drivers block Manhattan traffic to protest lockouts by apps

Posted on October 23, 2024

MTA New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow

Demetrius Crichlow becomes permanent head of NYC Transit, pledges to stick around for long haul

Posted on October 23, 2024

Gov. Kathy Hochul signs red light camera law, hands pen to transportation commmissioner

NYC to get historic increase in red light cameras around the 5 boroughs

Posted on October 23, 2024

MTA transit worker shows off ad campaign poster

MTA launches ad campaign to showcase workers of transit labor force following train operator’s stabbing

Posted on October 23, 2024

Queens Midtown Tunnel traffic

All tied up: NYC auto traffic at record highs as MTA transit ridership continues to lag pre-COVID, report finds

Posted on October 23, 2024

Bus on Fordham Road in the Bronx

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Hundreds of Bronx, Manhattan bus riders sign letter to Mayor Adams demanding Fordham Road busway

Posted on October 21, 2024

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MTA adds new seating for LIRR riders at Grand Central Madison — with a time limit

Posted on October 21, 2024

Daniel Penny arriving in Manhattan court

Daniel Penny set to stand trial this week for chokehold death of subway performer Jordan Neely

Posted on October 20, 2024

New York City Subway 120th birthday exhibit at New York City Transit Museum

New Transit Museum exhibit celebrates 120 years of what the subway ‘is’

Posted on October 20, 2024

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber speaks at press conference

Op-Ed | MTA breaking post-pandemic ridership records this postseason

Posted on October 19, 2024

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Wider sidewalks, less room for vehicles on ‘transformed’ Fifth Avenue in Mayor Adams’ vision for Manhattan artery

Posted on October 17, 2024

Cross Bronx Expressway

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City advancing proposals to cap parts of Cross Bronx Expressway, add greenspace along the way

Posted on October 16, 2024

Zabar's bagels as part of subway promotion

MTA, Zabar’s team up for joint birthday celebration with $1.20 bagels

Posted on October 15, 2024

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Subway surfing arrests up this year amid crackdown, awareness campaign: NYPD

Posted on October 15, 2024

NJ Transit train crash

Metro Philadelphia

1 killed, more than 20 injured in NJ Transit train crash

Pols, advocates demand opening of Queensboro Bridge pedestrian path

Posted on October 13, 2024

Grand Central Madison Opening

Ask the MTA | The entrance to Grand Central Madison and expanding the NaviLens pilot program

Posted on October 12, 2024

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg

Man indicted for punching MTA worker at Manhattan subway station: Bragg

Posted on October 10, 2024

E-scooters left parked on sidewalk and grass

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams seeks ‘pause’ to Queens e-scooter pilot program

Posted on October 10, 2024

Traffic on the BQE

NYC considering capping parts of BQE using fed funds to reconnect divided communities

Posted on October 9, 2024

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Brooklyn MTA motorman stabbing: Bronx man charged with brazen attack on 4 line

Posted on October 9, 2024

New R211 trains on Staten Island Railway

New R211 subway cars roll into service on Staten Island Railway

Posted on October 8, 2024

Scene where MTA conductor was stabbed in Brooklyn

MTA motorman stabbed at Brooklyn subway station

Posted on October 8, 2024

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Rideshare drivers seek federal intervention against ‘lockouts’ by Uber, Lyft – claiming collusion between giants

Posted on October 8, 2024

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Joby nearing FAA approval for electric ‘air taxi’ service to JFK

Posted on October 6, 2024

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NYC converts city vehicle fleet to ‘renewable’ diesel, but is it really clean?

Posted on October 3, 2024

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Penn Station railroads say complex must be enlarged to meet expected demand

Posted on October 2, 2024

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Construction begins on new 96th Street bus lane in Manhattan

Posted on October 1, 2024

Governor Kathy Hochul speaking about MTA

Hochul suggests MTA’s approved $68B capital plan may be shrunk before getting state approval

Posted on September 30, 2024

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It’s bananas! Longshoremen’s strike could strand 100,000 containers of cargo in New York, Hochul says

Posted on September 30, 2024

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Congestion pricing: Disability advocates filing new lawsuit to restart accessibility projects

Posted on September 29, 2024

Cargo ship passes Verrazzano Bridge near Port of NY

New York area ports could see workers walk off job this week as part of eastern US strike

Posted on September 29, 2024

traffic on a New York City street with lower speed limits

Congestion pricing: Judge’s ruling lets lawsuits challenging Hochul’s pause move forward

Posted on September 29, 2024

MTA interim New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow

Op-ed | Investing in better subway and bus service

Posted on September 29, 2024

MTA signal work as part of the Five-Year Capital Plan

MTA approves $68.4 billion capital plan, sends it to Albany on how to figure out funding

Posted on September 25, 2024

Construction seton Phase 2 of Second Avenue Subway

Future of Second Avenue Subway expansion in limbo as money fails to materialize following congestion pricing pause

Posted on September 25, 2024

Amtrak Penn Station commuter

Amtrak train derails at Penn Station, snarling commuters amid Wednesday afternoon rush

Posted on September 25, 2024

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MTA seeks to replace thousands of old railcars and modernize transit fleet in capital plan, board to vote on Wednesday

Posted on September 24, 2024

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NYC Ferry service suspended at various East River stops, will face disruption through UN General Assembly

Posted on September 24, 2024

Officer in Midtown at subway station after man slashed

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Bronx subway stabbing leaves man seriously wounded: cops

Posted on September 24, 2024

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MTA seeks to spend $5.4 billion on new train signals across four subway lines

Posted on September 23, 2024

Rendering of Interborough Express light rail

MTA capital plan advances Interborough Express light rail project between Brooklyn and Queens

Posted on September 22, 2024

MTA Chair Janno Lieber

Op-ed | MTA Capital Plan sets course for a future of public transit that must be fully funded

Posted on September 22, 2024

MTA Chair Janno Lieber speaks about capital plan

MTA Chair Lieber ‘confident’ Governor Hochul, state legislature, will find funds for MTA’s big capital plan

Posted on September 18, 2024

MTA signal work as part of the Five-Year Capital Plan

MTA unveils $68.4 billion capital plan to modernize NYC transit – but funding questions amid congestion pricing pause remain

Posted on September 18, 2024

MTA electric buses parked at depot

‘Stranded’ Island: Staten Island parents say MTA buses are leaving their kids behind on school days

Posted on September 17, 2024

MTA bus equipped with enforcement cameras

MTA expands traffic enforcement program on 20 new bus routes this month, with offending drivers getting warnings first

Posted on September 16, 2024

Young folks and Brooklyn elected official speak at stroller march for congestion pricing

Brooklyn

‘Stroller March’ in Brooklyn makes push to end congestion pricing pause an all-in-the-family effort

Posted on September 15, 2024

More from around NYC

Rev. Michael Blake announced he will join the race to be NYC Mayor in 2025.

Former Bronx Assembly Member Michael Blake announces 2025 NYC mayoral run, criticizes Eric Adams

Flushing Town Hall presents 5th animation festival celebrating C

feral cat shelters in Brooklyn

Baby, it’s cold outside: Cat lovers build shelters to help Brooklyn’s feral felines face winter weather

The City Council's LGBTQIA+ Caucus members at Brooklyn Pride in 2023.

Council’s LGBTQIA+ Caucus draws up 11-point ‘Pride in Policy’ platform