Transit

Subway

More Celebrity Voices and Promo Spots Coming to Subway Stations and Trains

April 26, 2024, 5:00 a.m.April 25, 2024, 5:47 p.m.

A one-year pilot program would test engers’ response to in-station ments and famous names making train announcements.

A female bus operator drives down Fulton Street in Brooklyn.

Transit

Pregnant Bus Drivers Say They’re Not Getting Their Due Accommodations

April 17, 2024, 10:15 p.m.April 18, 2024, 2:50 p.m.

Women who work for the MTA’s surface transit division say they aren’t being given the same option of light-duty jobs as they get closer to their delivery dates.

Access-a-Ride Luz Paulino-Santos tries to find her vehicle while commuting home from Midtown to Inwood.

Accessibility

Federal Judge Lets Human Rights Case Against Access-A-Ride Proceed

April 15, 2024, 5:00 a.m.April 15, 2024, 4:07 p.m.

Judge Jessica Clarke held that the “illogical and unnecessarily circuitous routes” aren’t giving people with disabilities comparable service.

Retired MTA worker Billie Turner poses for a portrait outside the Shepherd Avenue station in East New York.

Mental Health

As Subway Collisions Rise, Train Operators Feeling the Pain

April 11, 2024, 5:00 a.m.April 11, 2024, 12:24 a.m.

The number of trains hitting people has surged nearly 30% since 2018, even as the ridership remains well below the pre-pandemic mark.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber announce a subway safety plan at the NYCT Rail Control Center.

MTA

Hochul Sends in the Troops: State Police, National Guard to Do Subway Bag Checks

March 6, 2024, 5:53 p.m.March 6, 2024, 5:53 p.m.

With fears of crime underground on the rise, the governor is sending nearly 1000 law enforcement officers into the transit system.

Riders check their phones during “severe” delays on the A/C subway lines, Feb. 29, 2024.

Transit

Subway Conductor Slash Leads to Delays, Accusations of Work Stoppage

Feb. 29, 2024, 4:53 p.m.Feb. 29, 2024, 5:09 p.m.

Angry union leaders pleaded for increased safety in the system after the attack — but denied calling for workers to walk off the job.

The Bronx

12 Hours in Concourse and Highbridge

Jonathan Custodio Feb. 26, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 26, 2024, 6:44 a.m.

Many service workers who rely on public transit to get to work live in these southwest Bronx neighborhoods. New affordable developments in the area are designed to keep rents reasonable for those who help feed and provide for New Yorkers across the five boroughs.

A mop buckets sits at the 8th Avenue L train terminus.

Labor

Comptroller Sues Over Millions in Wages Stolen From COVID-Era MTA Workers, He Alleges

Feb. 22, 2024, 6:00 a.m.Feb. 22, 2024, 12:49 p.m.

The subway cleaners disinfected stations during the height of the pandemic. Two city lawsuits allege that they were underpaid.

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani speaks at Columbus Circle about improving bus service as part of the congestion pricing rollout.

Transit

Boosts to Bus Service Must Come With Congestion Pricing, State Pols Say

Feb. 8, 2024, 5:25 p.m.Feb. 10, 2024, 8:39 a.m.

A new $90 million proposal would increase service frequency and triple the number of bus routes that offer fare-free rides.

The MTA released renderings of the Second Avenue Subway extension to 125th Street.

Transit

Second Avenue Subway Inches Forward on Phase Two Extension

Jan. 22, 2024, 5:40 p.m.Jan. 24, 2024, 10:59 a.m.

The MTA awarded the first contract on the $7.7 billion project to take the Q line to 125th Street, but legal challenges to congestion pricing, which helps pay for it, and other uncertainties remain.

Transit

More Celebrity Voices and Promo Spots Coming to Subway Stations and Trains

Pregnant Bus Drivers Say They’re Not Getting Their Due Accommodations

Federal Judge Lets Human Rights Case Against Access-A-Ride Proceed

As Subway Collisions Rise, Train Operators Feeling the Pain

Hochul Sends in the Troops: State Police, National Guard to Do Subway Bag Checks

Subway Conductor Slash Leads to Delays, Accusations of Work Stoppage

12 Hours in Concourse and Highbridge

Comptroller Sues Over Millions in Wages Stolen From COVID-Era MTA Workers, He Alleges

Boosts to Bus Service Must Come With Congestion Pricing, State Pols Say

Second Avenue Subway Inches Forward on Phase Two Extension

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