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MTA adds OMNY vending machines to dozens of NYC train stations

Posted on September 10, 2024

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EDC touts increased ferry ridership, won’t commit to any system expansions

Posted on September 10, 2024

Turnstiles at the downtown platform of the 23rd Street F/M subway stop

Chelsea residents, advocates fight to end ‘accessibility desert’ with elevators at local subway stations

Posted on September 9, 2024

Gridlock traffic near UN General Assembly

The UN General Assembly starts Tuesday. Here’s how you can avoid Manhattan gridlock and travel quickly.

Posted on September 9, 2024

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DOT hopes new ‘Curb Enthusiasm’ podcast on NYC transportation is ‘prett-ay, prett-ay, prett-ay good’

Posted on September 9, 2024

Rally for congestion pricing in Manhattan

Day of action: Congestion pricing supporters in Manhattan demand Hochul unpause toll plan, support mass transit

Posted on September 8, 2024

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Upper West Side locals seek to torpedo planned bus lane on 96th Street

Posted on September 5, 2024

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Queens Midtown Tunnel partially reopens after flooding caused by construction accident

Posted on September 4, 2024

42nd Street subway rider looks at cellphone during 5G service

42nd Street Shuttle now fully equipped with 5G as MTA plans to connect all tunnels with cell service

Posted on September 4, 2024

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Bronx Times

Teen slashed in unprovoked knife attack on Bronx subway, suspect at large

NYC Ferry boat on East River

City high school students can now ride the NYC Ferry for less than $2

Posted on September 4, 2024

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Lawmakers blast MTA as it ends its fare-free bus pilot, citing boost in transit affordability

Posted on September 3, 2024

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Back on track: G train returns to full service following summer shutdown

Posted on September 3, 2024

A New York City taxi with accessibility for the disabled.

Judge rules all new NYC taxis must be wheelchair-accessible until city meets settlement requirement

Posted on September 2, 2024

Police at scene of auto collision

Auto collisions claim six lives on NYC streets over Labor Day weekend

Posted on September 2, 2024

NYCT Interim President Demetrius Crichlow with MTA New York City Transit Special Inspectors from the EAGLE Team enforce bus fare payment along the M96 route at East 96th St. & 5th Av. on Thursday, Aug 29, 2024.

Op-Ed | Bus fare evasion is not a victimless crime

Posted on September 1, 2024

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MTA details Labor Day Weekend service changes on subway, bus, commuter rail

Posted on August 30, 2024

NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper will be stepping down from his post as top transit cop next month but will not be leaving the NYC subways, amNewYork Metro has learned.

NYPD chief of transit Michael Kemper leaving department, will head up MTA security: sources

Posted on August 30, 2024

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Rideshare drivers threatening strike over ‘lockouts’ by Uber, Lyft, antitrust suit over city-brokered deal

Posted on August 29, 2024

MTA and NYPD officers crack down on bus fare evasion

Bronx

MTA ramps up bus fare evasion crackdown to mixed reactions from New Yorkers: ‘You won’t get away with it!’

Posted on August 29, 2024

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Ride into history: Transit Museum’s Vintage Bus Festival returns to Brooklyn Bridge Park next month

Posted on August 29, 2024

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Feds charge two in scheme to swindle Uber drivers, riders and company using app called ‘Screwber’

Posted on August 28, 2024

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City will build 600 new curbside EV chargers across city through $15 million fed grant

Posted on August 28, 2024

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Manhattan hit-and-run: Mayor Adams puts up $1,000 reward for info on driver who killed groom-to-be

Posted on August 28, 2024

Mayor Adams rides Citi Bike

Mayor Adams says he would ‘love’ to subsidize Citi Bike as prices soar, but still won’t commit to campaign pledge

Posted on August 27, 2024

Concept for a reimagined Park Avenue, with wider median.

Park Avenue to get safer, greener fixtures to enhance the bustling block

Posted on August 27, 2024

F train sign in Queens

Man fatally struck by F train in Queens after platform altercation: cops

Posted on August 26, 2024

A taxi passes under an unused congestion pricing gantry.

Congestion Pricing | New York lawmakers tell court Hochul has no authority to pause Manhattan toll

Posted on August 26, 2024

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Op-Ed | How the 2025-2029 Capital Program can help the MTA achieve its goals

Posted on August 24, 2024

Construction finished on three new elevators at 14th Street subway complex

Posted on August 22, 2024

An MTA subway conductor peers out the cab window at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in June 2020.

RETRACTED: Majority of MTA workers report facing assault or harassment on the job: survey

Posted on August 22, 2024

A straphanger gets on a 1 train on the former moving platform at South Ferry.

New Yorkers with disabilities still fighting MTA over large subway gaps

Posted on August 21, 2024

An FDNY ambulance on Parkside Avenue in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

Teenage boy on e-bike killed in collision with truck on deadly Brooklyn avenue

Posted on August 20, 2024

EMS ambulance responds to hit-and-run in Harlem

Queens

Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run collision between two vehicles in Queens

Posted on August 20, 2024

Truck traveling on Manhattan street before congestion pricing

Applications open for NYC off-hour delivery incentive program

Posted on August 19, 2024

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Hochul hires lawyer repping Mayor Adams in campaign finance probe to defend her in congestion pricing lawsuits

Posted on August 19, 2024

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L train service hit with massive rush hour power failure, snarling Monday morning commute

Posted on August 19, 2024

Passengers line up to board a Megabus bus in New York City

Companies swoop in to take over former Megabus routes out of NYC

Posted on August 18, 2024

Subway service change in Queens

Man struck by 7 train in Queens in apparent suicide

Posted on August 18, 2024

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Ask the MTA | Service during the US Open, G train shut downs and ‘Commuter’s Lament’

Posted on August 17, 2024

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MTA buses to fine drivers starting next week for double parking, blocking bus stops

Posted on August 15, 2024

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NJ Transit axing fares for full week following summer meltdowns

Posted on August 15, 2024

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Feds order MTA to improve safety for track workers following flagger’s death, uptick in ‘near-misses’

Posted on August 15, 2024

MTA fare evasion report delayed at subway gate

MTA bringing on more unarmed gate guards to deter fare evasion on subway

Posted on August 14, 2024

Police vehicle in Brooklyn

Woman cops plea to smashing stolen car into 5 pedestrians in Washington Heights

Posted on August 14, 2024

Fallen tree branch delays subway trains

Delays bewilder B, Q line commuters in Brooklyn after subway train strikes tree branch

Posted on August 14, 2024

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NYC sells off authentic Cornelia Street signs denoting Taylor Swift’s former block

Posted on August 13, 2024

A commuter on the Amtrak platform at Penn Station.

Amtrak, NJ Transit customers should get refunds for late trains, says Congressman

Posted on August 12, 2024

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