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MTA looking to dig tunnel underneath Queens cemetery for IBX light rail project

MTA tunnel for IBX light rail

Oct. 29, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA says it is considering digging a tunnel underneath a Queens cemetery to carry the proposed Interborough Express (IBX) light rail line between Brooklyn and Queens, nine months after amNewYork Metro exposed the grave potential consequences of previous plans to run trams on the street. MTA construction…

Con Edison breaks ground on $1.2 billion clean energy project in Southeast Queens

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Oct. 3, 2024 By Athena Dawson Local elected officials and Con Edison representatives gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the launch of the energy company’s billion-dollar clean energy project in Southeast Queens. Con Edison Chairman and CEO Tim Cawley, joined by Vice President LaAsia Hundley, Assembly Member Clyde Vanel, Port Authority Executive Director…

Op-ed | Where the MTA goes from here, with congestion pricing on ice

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber speaks at press conference

Jun. 30, 2024 By Janno Lieber This was supposed to be the week we turned on the congestion pricing system. As we all know, that’s no longer happening – at least for the moment. A few weeks ago, Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered a temporary pause on tolling, and last week the MTA Board acknowledged…

Op-ed | MTA maps out the road ahead through climate change

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber at climate change resiliency announcement, wearing orange vest

Apr. 28, 2024 By Janno Lieber

Climate change is always top of mind for a lot of us, and not just because we’re a week from Earth Day. I often talk about mass transit being the antidote to climate change.

MTA’s free bus experiment will end after not being reauthorized in state budget

Bus riding along Manhattan

Apr. 21, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The free rides will soon be over. The MTA’s experiment in fare-less city bus service will soon come to an unceremonious end, after Albany lawmakers did not reauthorize it in the newly-enacted state budget. One MTA bus in each borough has been fare-free since September as part of…

Free service starts on five MTA bus lines for pilot program

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Sep. 24, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA’s free bus pilot kicked off Sunday, Sept. 24, with one route in each borough waiving fares for at least six months as the transit agency studies the impact on service delivery, bus speeds, and ridership. The pilot program, announced in April’s state budget agreement and funded…