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Drivers head into the Lincoln Tunnel during the evening rush.

Honking Complaints Plunge 69% Inside Congestion Pricing Zone

March 11, 2025, 5:00 a.m.April 1, 2025, 1:35 p.m.

In the first two months of the Manhattan vehicle tolls that Trump wants to nix, gripes over blasting horns sunk when compared to 2024.

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at an MTA board meeting inside Grand Central Madison about her fight to project congestion pricing.

Traffic

Hochul: We Won’t Be ‘Steamrolled’ by Trump on Congestion Pricing

Feb. 26, 2025, 5:15 p.m.Feb. 27, 2025, 3:46 p.m.

The governor showed up at a Manhattan MTA board meeting to talk tough and promise that New York will fight a federal shutdown of the tolling plan with “orderly resistance.”

Congestion Pricing

Congestion Pricing on Track to Fill Transit Funding Gap, MTA Says

Feb. 24, 2025, 6:15 p.m.Feb. 24, 2025, 7:02 p.m.

In the first 27 days of tolling, nearly 7 in 10 dollars in congestion pricing revenue came from enger vehicles rather than for-hire cars, trucks or motorcycles.

A M22 bus travels from Battery Park City to the Lower East Side.

Transit

Manhattan Buses Got a Bit Faster in First Month of Congestion Pricing

Feb. 21, 2025, 5:00 a.m.April 4, 2025, 3:29 p.m.

Just as President Donald Trump moved to shut down the tolling plan, data shows — and riders say — the bus experience going crosstown has become better.

MTA

Gateway Project Tunnel Connecting NY and NJ Moves Forward as MTA Vet Takes the Helm

Feb. 19, 2025, 6:42 p.m.Feb. 20, 2025, 12:13 p.m.

Tom Prendergast was appointed CEO of the Gateway Development Commission, the public authority overseeing improvements between New York Penn Station and Newark Penn Station.

Transit

Trump Claws Back Approval for Congestion Pricing in Manhattan

Feb. 19, 2025, 12:43 p.m.Feb. 21, 2025, 4:35 p.m.

MTA and Hochul seek court intervention following Federal Highway istration's withdrawal of for the tolling program, while president declares: "LONG LIVE THE KING!"

The MTA installed new turnstile guards at the City Hall-Brooklyn Bridge station.

New York City Transit

Turnstile Armor Is MTA’s Latest Defense Against Farebeaters

Feb. 12, 2025, 5:43 p.m.Feb. 12, 2025, 10:00 p.m.

The new metal sheaths first appeared Tuesday at Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall, the latest line of defense thwarting chronic evasion of the $2.90 cost to enter subways.

The MTA opened a new elevator at the Woodhaven station in Queens.

Subway

Straight to the Top: New Nonstop Elevators to Speed Subway Accessibility Coverage

Feb. 5, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 4, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

The J/Z’s Woodhaven Boulevard station in Queens is the first stop in the system where elevators by an existing turnstile level and deposit riders directly at the platform.

7 trains sit in an MTA maintenance facility near Citi Field.

How to New York

Budgeting to Avoid ‘Summer of Hell’: Your Guide to the MTA’s Capital Program

Jan. 30, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 29, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

The sprawling transit agency’s much talked about, multi-year, major-projects plan almost always takes a winding route to the finish line.

Subway cleaners work around at the Jamaica Center terminal in Queens, Jan. 22, 2025.

Homelessness

As Temperatures Plunge, Subways Serve as Rolling Shelters

Jan. 23, 2025, 1:14 p.m.Jan. 23, 2025, 5:18 p.m.

When sleeping on the street is deadly and shelters are dangerous, homeless New Yorkers looking for warmth and a place to lay their head retreat underground.

Jose Martinez

Honking Complaints Plunge 69% Inside Congestion Pricing Zone

Hochul: We Won’t Be ‘Steamrolled’ by Trump on Congestion Pricing

Congestion Pricing on Track to Fill Transit Funding Gap, MTA Says

Manhattan Buses Got a Bit Faster in First Month of Congestion Pricing

Gateway Project Tunnel Connecting NY and NJ Moves Forward as MTA Vet Takes the Helm

Trump Claws Back Approval for Congestion Pricing in Manhattan

Turnstile Armor Is MTA’s Latest Defense Against Farebeaters

Straight to the Top: New Nonstop Elevators to Speed Subway Accessibility Coverage

Budgeting to Avoid ‘Summer of Hell’: Your Guide to the MTA’s Capital Program

As Temperatures Plunge, Subways Serve as Rolling Shelters

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