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.
Apr. 30, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
Pregnant bus drivers working for the MTA who are suing the transit agency for allegedly skirting requirements to provide reasonable accommodations publicly blasted the authority Tuesday for its alleged failures.
Apr. 29, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The MTA plans to boost service on various express bus lines in a bid to spur drivers to switch to mass transit as congestion pricing takes effect in New York City.
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. The MTA network allows the New York region to have the lowest carbon footprint…
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.
Apr. 24, 2024 By Athena Dawson Representatives from the MTA and DOT gathered at the King Manor Museum in Jamaica last week to host an open house meeting focusing on the MTA’s Queens Bus Network Redesign proposal. The open house ran from 5-8:30 p.m. on Apr. 17. Throughout the night, a handful of residents trickled…
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