Transit

State Comptroller Report Faults MTA for Lack of Climate Change Plans

Oct. 2, 2023, 5:03 p.m.Oct. 2, 2023, 5:08 p.m.

On Friday morning, historic rains doused New York City and crippled the subway system. That afternoon, a little-noticed 39-page audit called on transit officials to do better.

Buses

Transit Chief’s Bronx Jeer as City Hall Nixes Fordham Road Revamp

Sept. 22, 2023, 5:42 p.m.March 14, 2024, 3:31 p.m.

The Adams istration killed the plan to create bus-only lanes along one of the city’s slowest mass-transit thoroughfares in the face of local business and political opposition.

Transit

Subway Window-Smash Blitz Puts Brakes on Wednesday Commute

Sept. 13, 2023, 1:50 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

Service on the W line was left in pieces as 45 trains were vandalized in a roughly 29-hour period, officials said.

Transit

City Rolls Out Anti-Subway Surfing Campaign as Deaths Spike

Sept. 5, 2023, 1:53 p.m.Sept. 5, 2023, 5:41 p.m.

The mayor and MTA officials say social media companies are now on board with taking down daredevil posts as soon as they go up — in an effort to discourage copycat kids.

Transit

Fare Hike Lands Three Weeks Early — By Accident, MTA Says

July 31, 2023, 12:28 p.m.July 31, 2023, 6:01 p.m.

A Monday morning OMNY glitch temporarily increased bus and subway rides to $2.90. Riders are promised refunds.

How to New York

What Albany Lawmakers Have — and Have Not — Accomplished This Year

June 22, 2023, 4:36 p.m.Oct. 11, 2023, 1:01 p.m.

New school holidays and criminal record seals are in. But many proposals related to tenant protections, developer tax breaks and speed limits have gone nowhere.

Transit

MTA Gets Rolling on Hunt for Pee-Sniffing Tech for Subway Elevators

May 10, 2023, 1:20 p.m.May 10, 2023, 12:30 p.m.

The agency says it’s borrowing “good ideas” from transit systems around the country — but some of them have already gone in a different direction.

Criminal Justice

Anger Mounts Over Lack of Charges in the Killing of Jordan Neely

May 3, 2023, 6:05 p.m.May 3, 2023, 10:52 p.m.

The subway rider was strangled by a fellow straphanger while seemingly in the throes of a mental health crisis. Police and prosecutors have released little information.

Transit

Subway Collisions With People Are Up Nearly 25% Since 2018. Operator: ‘It Breaks You Down.’

April 24, 2023, 5:00 a.m.April 28, 2023, 1:40 p.m.

‘We’re just waiting to see if it’s our turn to be the next to hit somebody,’ said one train operator.

Subway

Working on Broken Glass: Shattered Screens Everywhere Belie Official MTA Stats

April 18, 2023, 5:00 a.m.April 17, 2023, 6:20 p.m.

Cracked windows and LCD displays are the number two vandalism issue underground after graffiti, but the agency is mum on costs and its data doesn’t seem to reflect what New Yorkers are seeing around them.

Transit

State Comptroller Report Faults MTA for Lack of Climate Change Plans

Transit Chief’s Bronx Jeer as City Hall Nixes Fordham Road Revamp

Subway Window-Smash Blitz Puts Brakes on Wednesday Commute

City Rolls Out Anti-Subway Surfing Campaign as Deaths Spike

Fare Hike Lands Three Weeks Early — By Accident, MTA Says

What Albany Lawmakers Have — and Have Not — Accomplished This Year

MTA Gets Rolling on Hunt for Pee-Sniffing Tech for Subway Elevators

Anger Mounts Over Lack of Charges in the Killing of Jordan Neely

Subway Collisions With People Are Up Nearly 25% Since 2018. Operator: ‘It Breaks You Down.’

Working on Broken Glass: Shattered Screens Everywhere Belie Official MTA Stats

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