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Drivers head up 10th Avenue in the congestion pricing zone.

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.

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.

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.

The Bronx

New Fridge Units Planned for Hunts Point as Congestion Pricing’s Clean Air Efforts Kick In

Jan. 23, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 22, 2025, 5:27 p.m.

These are the first of the MTA promised pollution mitigation measures to make up for additional traffic neighborhoods outside of the Central Business District.

A transit worker walks along a section of the Second Avenue Subway tunnel under East Harlem, Nov. 23, 2021.

Manhattan

Second Ave. Subway’s Next Leg Progresses With Promise of Congestion Pricing Funds

Jan. 13, 2025, 5:05 a.m.Jan. 13, 2025, 12:37 p.m.

Engineering proposals on tunneling and structural shell work are due by March 5 and a contract is expected to be awarded by the third quarter of this year.