Category: MTA

MTA announces extended express bus service for A train riders during Rockaway outages

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Dec. 13, 2024 By Athena Dawson The MTA announced that starting in January, it would provide additional bus services to support A train riders affected by upcoming service outages in the Rockaways.  The city agency announced in a press release on Wednesday, Dec. 11, that select express buses will extend their stops and add…

It’s history: MTA’s last commemorative MetroCards features NYC influencers

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Dec. 10, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Get ’em while you still can! The MTA is now selling limited edition MetroCards featuring iconic New York content creators through a partnership with social media giant Instagram. The new cards are the last of their kind as the state agency moves toward using OMNY, a contactless way…

Op-ed: The tax that will kill New York City

New York city street full of taxis, cars and pedestrians. Yellow cab in focus. Busy NYC Downtown. Crowd of people crossing crosswalks. Traffic jam in NY.

Dec. 4, 2024 By John J. Ciafone, Esq. The congestion price tax by the MTA will have devastating and lasting effects, toppling once the greatest City in the world. The middle class and working class will suffer immeasurably since many rely on their vehicles to go to work as they live in transportation deserts.…

Learn more about congestion pricing at MTA December webinars

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Nov. 21, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld and Robert Pozarycki The MTA will host eight webinars over the month of December for New Yorkers to learn more about the forthcoming Central Business District Tolling Program — better known as congestion pricing — which begins on Jan. 5. Each online program, the MTA said, will explain…

Congestion pricing in NYC has arrived: Take our amNY poll and tell us what you think

Congestion pricing traffic on Manhattan street

Nov. 20, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon NYC will become the first city in the nation to implement congestion pricing next year. Is it an impactful way to improve air quality in the city while funding critical transit upgrades? Or is it an unnecessary money-grabbing move that will put yet another major dent in the wallets…

MTA Board formally approves reduced, $9 congestion pricing toll, set to start on Jan. 5

Congestion pricing gantry

Nov. 18, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA Board on Monday approved the new, reduced congestion pricing program, setting up the hotly anticipated start of tolling for cars and trucks driving into Manhattan below 60th Street in the new year. The transit agency’s new congestion pricing plan will start at a $9 base toll…