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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

Bronx

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

An express bus operating on a rainy street on Staten Island

Ask the MTA | Student OMNY Cards for express buses, lauding great bus drivers and ‘Laser Trains’

Posted on September 15, 2024

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MTA struggles to find funding as fare hikes remain on the table: comptroller report

Posted on September 12, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Police seek driver of white SUV after 74-year-old killed in Brooklyn hit-and-run

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MTA adds OMNY vending machines to dozens of NYC train stations

Posted on September 10, 2024

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EDC touts increased ferry ridership, won’t commit to any system expansions

Posted on September 10, 2024

Turnstiles at the downtown platform of the 23rd Street F/M subway stop

Chelsea residents, advocates fight to end ‘accessibility desert’ with elevators at local subway stations

Posted on September 9, 2024

Gridlock traffic near UN General Assembly

The UN General Assembly starts Tuesday. Here’s how you can avoid Manhattan gridlock and travel quickly.

Posted on September 9, 2024

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DOT hopes new ‘Curb Enthusiasm’ podcast on NYC transportation is ‘prett-ay, prett-ay, prett-ay good’

Posted on September 9, 2024

Rally for congestion pricing in Manhattan

Day of action: Congestion pricing supporters in Manhattan demand Hochul unpause toll plan, support mass transit

Posted on September 8, 2024

Upper West Side 96th Street

Upper West Side locals seek to torpedo planned bus lane on 96th Street

Posted on September 5, 2024

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Queens Midtown Tunnel partially reopens after flooding caused by construction accident

Posted on September 4, 2024

42nd Street subway rider looks at cellphone during 5G service

42nd Street Shuttle now fully equipped with 5G as MTA plans to connect all tunnels with cell service

Posted on September 4, 2024

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Bronx Times

Teen slashed in unprovoked knife attack on Bronx subway, suspect at large

NYC Ferry boat on East River

City high school students can now ride the NYC Ferry for less than $2

Posted on September 4, 2024

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Lawmakers blast MTA as it ends its fare-free bus pilot, citing boost in transit affordability

Posted on September 3, 2024

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Back on track: G train returns to full service following summer shutdown

Posted on September 3, 2024

A New York City taxi with accessibility for the disabled.

Judge rules all new NYC taxis must be wheelchair-accessible until city meets settlement requirement

Posted on September 2, 2024

Police at scene of auto collision

Auto collisions claim six lives on NYC streets over Labor Day weekend

Posted on September 2, 2024

NYCT Interim President Demetrius Crichlow with MTA New York City Transit Special Inspectors from the EAGLE Team enforce bus fare payment along the M96 route at East 96th St. & 5th Av. on Thursday, Aug 29, 2024.

Op-Ed | Bus fare evasion is not a victimless crime

Posted on September 1, 2024

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MTA details Labor Day Weekend service changes on subway, bus, commuter rail

Posted on August 30, 2024

NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper will be stepping down from his post as top transit cop next month but will not be leaving the NYC subways, amNewYork Metro has learned.

NYPD chief of transit Michael Kemper leaving department, will head up MTA security: sources

Posted on August 30, 2024

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Rideshare drivers threatening strike over ‘lockouts’ by Uber, Lyft, antitrust suit over city-brokered deal

Posted on August 29, 2024

MTA and NYPD officers crack down on bus fare evasion

Bronx

MTA ramps up bus fare evasion crackdown to mixed reactions from New Yorkers: ‘You won’t get away with it!’

Posted on August 29, 2024

Vintage bus at Transit Museum festival

Ride into history: Transit Museum’s Vintage Bus Festival returns to Brooklyn Bridge Park next month

Posted on August 29, 2024

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Feds charge two in scheme to swindle Uber drivers, riders and company using app called ‘Screwber’

Posted on August 28, 2024

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City will build 600 new curbside EV chargers across city through $15 million fed grant

Posted on August 28, 2024

Mayor Adams speaking at press conference

Manhattan hit-and-run: Mayor Adams puts up $1,000 reward for info on driver who killed groom-to-be

Posted on August 28, 2024

Mayor Adams rides Citi Bike

Mayor Adams says he would ‘love’ to subsidize Citi Bike as prices soar, but still won’t commit to campaign pledge

Posted on August 27, 2024

Concept for a reimagined Park Avenue, with wider median.

Park Avenue to get safer, greener fixtures to enhance the bustling block

Posted on August 27, 2024

F train sign in Queens

Man fatally struck by F train in Queens after platform altercation: cops

Posted on August 26, 2024

Congestion pricing gantry

Congestion Pricing | New York lawmakers tell court Hochul has no authority to pause Manhattan toll

Posted on August 26, 2024

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Op-Ed | How the 2025-2029 Capital Program can help the MTA achieve its goals

Posted on August 24, 2024

Construction finished on three new elevators at 14th Street subway complex

Posted on August 22, 2024

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RETRACTED: Majority of MTA workers report facing assault or harassment on the job: survey

Posted on August 22, 2024

A straphanger gets on a 1 train on the former moving platform at South Ferry.

New Yorkers with disabilities still fighting MTA over large subway gaps

Posted on August 21, 2024

An FDNY ambulance on Parkside Avenue in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

Teenage boy on e-bike killed in collision with truck on deadly Brooklyn avenue

Posted on August 20, 2024

EMS ambulance responds to hit-and-run in Harlem

Queens

Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run collision between two vehicles in Queens

Posted on August 20, 2024

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St. John’s ICARE Foundation spreads holiday joy in the Rockaways with annual toy giveaway

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