Transit

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!"

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.

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.

A driver stops at a red light near a congressional pricing scanner next to City Hall in lower Manhattan.

Congestion Pricing

Car Tolls Turn on in Manhattan as MTA Waits for Money and Results to Roll In

Jan. 6, 2025, 11:43 a.m.Jan. 6, 2025, 10:18 p.m.

On the first days, drivers struggled to avoid paying the congestion charge. One even said she’d leave New York because of it.

Seven adults and one child in a Spiderman backpack walk out onto Utica Ave to board the B46 Bus. A commuter van is seen on the left, parked in the bus lane.

Buses

Vans Vs. Buses: Swarm of Unlicensed Operators Battles MTA for Street Space and Commuters

Jan. 3, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 2, 2025, 5:29 p.m.

As legitimate dollar van operators get priced out by high insurance rates, off-the-books competitors are taking their place.

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.

Riders board an SBS express bus on West 34th Street, March 6, 2020.

Transit

MTA Nabs Federal Money to Study the New Psychology of Fare Beating

Dec. 13, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 12, 2024, 5:24 p.m.

Facing a behavioral shift seen since the pandemic, the transit agency is pulling out all the stops to figure out how to get people to pay their own way.

Aerial view of the West Farms Bus Depot in The Bronx. Nov. 26, 2024.

Transit

MTA Considers Flying Drones to Keep Watch Over Buses

Nov. 27, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Nov. 27, 2024, 9:36 a.m.

The transit agency is so far just seeking “information” about the possibility of using flying vehicles to “manage and oversee its bus operations” but union officials balk at the idea of replacing humans on the ground.

Traffics heads up First Avenue toward a future congestion pricing toll reader, Nov. 14, 2024.

How to New York

Your Questions About the New Congestion Pricing Plan Answered

Nov. 15, 2024, 5:32 p.m.Jan. 3, 2025, 10:06 a.m.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has revived the controversial and complicated Manhattan tolling plan after she put it on “pause” in June — but with new details.

Transit

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

Trump Claws Back Approval for Congestion Pricing in Manhattan

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

Car Tolls Turn on in Manhattan as MTA Waits for Money and Results to Roll In

Vans Vs. Buses: Swarm of Unlicensed Operators Battles MTA for Street Space and Commuters

Bronx Subway Station Saga Shows Long Winding Road to Accessibility

MTA Nabs Federal Money to Study the New Psychology of Fare Beating

MTA Considers Flying Drones to Keep Watch Over Buses

Your Questions About the New Congestion Pricing Plan Answered

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