New York City Transit

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

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.

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.

Transit

Bronx Subway Station Saga Shows Long Winding Road to Accessibility

Dec. 20, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 20, 2024, 11:20 a.m.

Work to bring elevators to the No. 6’s Middletown Road stop is set to begin in February, nearly a decade after a federal lawsuit said it had to be done.

Congestion pricing toll readers were ready for use at Columbus Circle.

Traffic

Hochul Set to Resurrect Congestion Pricing at $9

Nov. 13, 2024, 7:05 p.m.Nov. 13, 2024, 9:23 p.m.

Multiple sources say MTA board will be briefed this week on the governor’s plans to revive the vehicle tolling scheme and bring the base per-day rate down from $15.

Traffic

Congestion Pricing Proponents Warn ‘Now or Never’ After Trump Win

Nov. 6, 2024, 11:32 a.m.Nov. 6, 2024, 7:26 p.m.

The once and future president months ago said that he would kill the vehicle tolling program, but if Gov. Kathy Hochul acts quickly, there may be hope.

Congestion pricing advocates rally at the Bowling Green station ahead of MTA board meeting, Sept. 25, 2024.

Transit

MTA Board Approves $68B Plan Despite Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Pause

Sept. 25, 2024, 12:23 p.m.Sept. 26, 2024, 5:25 a.m.

The transit agency’s next five-year capital budget got the green light, but board and transit advocates are imploring Albany to figure out where the funding will come from.

Work in progress can be seen on various parts of an elevated B/Q station in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Sept. 20, 2024.

Transit

Elevated Tracks Get High Priority in MTA’s Plan for Next Five Years

Sept. 23, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 20, 2024, 5:51 p.m.

A $68.4 billion blueprint for the future unveiled last week calls for $9 billion to be spent on desperately needed fixes to critical structures, up from just $650 million the previous cycle.

Transportation

MTA Lays Out $68B Big-Ticket Wish List for Transit, Despite Congestion Pricing U-Turn

Sept. 18, 2024, 11:15 a.m.Sept. 19, 2024, 9:43 a.m.

The long-term budget plan outlines buying new train cars, shoring up crumbling stations and inching forward on the Interborough Express spanning Brooklyn and Queens.

Birdseye view of the stairs from the LIRR to Mets-Willets Point. Aug. 28, 2024.

Sports

With U.S. Open in Swing, Fans Would Love to See Wheelchair Access at Willets Point

Aug. 29, 2024, 5:52 p.m.Aug. 29, 2024, 6:09 p.m.

Anyone with a wheelchair or stroller is severely hampered from heading to the tennis tournament or a Mets game on mass transit despite long-delayed promises to upgrade accessibility at the hub.

A private security worker keeps watch over he turnstiles at the 1 train's South Ferry station, Aug. 8, 2024.

Subway

MTA Rolls Out More Rented Guards to Beat Fare Evasion

Aug. 14, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 13, 2024, 6:05 p.m.

Transit officials bet the expanded presence of private security personnel will deter gate- jumpers.

New York City Transit

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

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

Bronx Subway Station Saga Shows Long Winding Road to Accessibility

Hochul Set to Resurrect Congestion Pricing at $9

Congestion Pricing Proponents Warn ‘Now or Never’ After Trump Win

MTA Board Approves $68B Plan Despite Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Pause

Elevated Tracks Get High Priority in MTA’s Plan for Next Five Years

MTA Lays Out $68B Big-Ticket Wish List for Transit, Despite Congestion Pricing U-Turn

With U.S. Open in Swing, Fans Would Love to See Wheelchair Access at Willets Point

MTA Rolls Out More Rented Guards to Beat Fare Evasion

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