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MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber speaks at press conference

Opinion

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

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Bronx

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

Posted on October 16, 2024

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Upper West Side

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

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Metro Philadelphia

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

Transit

Pols, advocates demand opening of Queensboro Bridge pedestrian path

Posted on October 13, 2024

Grand Central Madison Opening

Transit

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

Transit

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

Posted on October 10, 2024

E-scooters left parked on sidewalk and grass

Queens

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

Posted on October 10, 2024

Traffic on the BQE

Brooklyn

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

Posted on October 9, 2024

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Transit

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

Transit

New R211 subway cars roll into service on Staten Island Railway

Posted on October 8, 2024

Scene where MTA conductor was stabbed in Brooklyn

Transit

MTA motorman stabbed at Brooklyn subway station

Posted on October 8, 2024

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Transit

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

Posted on October 8, 2024

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Transit

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

Posted on October 6, 2024

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Transit

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

Posted on October 3, 2024

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Transit

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

Posted on October 2, 2024

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Transit

Construction begins on new 96th Street bus lane in Manhattan

Posted on October 1, 2024

Governor Kathy Hochul speaking about MTA

Politics

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

Posted on September 30, 2024

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Transit

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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Transit

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

Business

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

Politics

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

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

Politics

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

Transit

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

Transit

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

Posted on September 25, 2024

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Transit

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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Transit

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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Transit

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

Brooklyn

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

Posted on September 22, 2024

MTA Chair Janno Lieber

Op-Ed

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Transit

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

Transit

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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Transit

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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Transit

MTA adds OMNY vending machines to dozens of NYC train stations

Posted on September 10, 2024

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Transit

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

Transit

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

Transit

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

Posted on September 9, 2024

Person listening to podcast

Transit

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

Transit

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

Posted on September 8, 2024

More from around NYC

business

Op-ed: Supporting local businesses is key to strengthening the Bronx

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Victoria’s secrets: Thankfully back in action

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Serving up hope: Local leaders and orgs give back with turkey giveaways ahead of Thanksgiving

Advocates carry the banner at the 32nd Out of the Darkness World AIDS Day candlelight vigil in 2023.

World AIDS Day events planned in New York City