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…
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Con Edison breaks ground on $1.2 billion clean energy project in Southeast Queens
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
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…
Congestion pricing: MTA left in the lurch after Hochul scraps toll plan, Albany fails on funding bill
Jun. 8, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
What does the MTA do now without congestion pricing?
Op-ed | MTA maps out the road ahead through climate change
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.
Congestion pricing: MTA to launch Manhattan toll program on June 30
Apr. 26, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Congestion pricing is happening starting at 12:01 a.m. June 30 after nearly two decades of fierce debate, study and grievances over the concept of charging drivers for heading into parts of Manhattan.
MTA’s free bus experiment will end after not being reauthorized in state budget
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…
MTA unveils final proposal for Queens bus network redesign
Dec. 12, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld
All aboard, Queens! Changes are coming to your commute.
Free service starts on five MTA bus lines for pilot program
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…