Jun. 8, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki What does the MTA do now without congestion pricing? The authority had counted on the Manhattan tolling program, which was to take effect on June 30, to provide a billion dollars a year in new revenue to fund $15 billion in anticipated transit improvements. There was “no Plan…
Jun. 7, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Governor Kathy Hochul surprised everyone on Wednesday when she announced that congestion pricing would be paused indefinitely. “Circumstances have changed and we must respond to the facts on the ground — not from the rhetoric from five years ago. So, after careful consideration, I have come to the difficult…
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Jun. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry
An on-duty MTA conductor who attempted to be a peacemaker at a Jamaica subway station was attacked for his efforts last month.
Jun. 2, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld G train commuters are preparing for a tough summer as the MTA prepares to shut down the Crosstown Line in three phases starting at the end of this month. The first phase of the shutdown will last from June 28 through July 5, from Court Square in Long…
May. 23, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Memorial Day weekend means not only the unofficial start of summer, but also a litany of subway service changes that will impact how you get around town. The MTA is taking advantage of the three-day weekend to expand track, switch and structural work on numerous subway lines —…
May. 17, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Queens lawmakers are calling on the MTA to expand express bus service in the borough after it was excluded from a recently announced pilot program focused on Brooklyn and Staten Island. Seventeen state elected officials collectively penned a letter to MTA Chief Janno Lieber on May 15, calling on…
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May. 15, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The MTA is set to end promotional opportunities emblazoned on MetroCards, as the yellow transit payment method faces imminent retirement and replacement by OMNY.
May. 14, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The MTA unveiled on Tuesday 17 newly installed overhead electric chargers at a Queens bus depot to power up 60 all-electric buses set to service routes in Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island by year’s end.
May. 6, 2024 By Dean Moses Police in Queens are searching for the perverted bus rider who sexually assaulted a woman last week, authorities confirmed. According to police sources, the assault happened at about 7 a.m. on May 1, when a 26-year-old woman rode a Q37 bus near Park Lane South and Metropolitan Avenue…
May. 1, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld MTA riders using Fair Fares can finally start tapping into the discounted system using OMNY, with the transit agency and the city’s Social Services department launching a pilot program this week for select users of the low-income transit program. Fair Fares users, who are eligible for a half-price…