Fare evasion costs the MTA $700 million a year, and the MTA says the problem is worst on buses where an estimated 40 percent skip out on paying the fare. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) MTA Gets Full Funding as Hochul Finalizes Budget, but It Counts on Feds Paying All of Penn Costs April 28 saw an early-evening update from Gov. Kathy Hochul about the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and it was the... News 03 May 2025 | 09:40
Governor Kathy Hochul, speaking at a Congestion Pricing Rally on March 21, has sent a letter to top Republicans in the Trump administration calling for the state to receive its “fair share” of federal mass transit funds. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy wants Hochul to turn off the congestion pricing cameras. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Hochul Pleads for More Fed Funds for MTA; US DOT Pushes to End Congestion Pricing Tolls It looks like a standoff. Top elected Democratic leaders in New York in late March pleaded with the federal government for... News 02 Apr 2025 | 05:14
MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber (right) and MTA Construction & Development President Jamie Torres-Springer (at podium) are jointed by NYCT President Demetrius Crichlow, and MTA Chief Accessibility Officer Quemuel Arroyo to announce that the 14 St Station on the F/L/M/1/2/3 lines is fully ADA accessible on Thursday, Dec 19, 2024. ( Photo: Marc A. Hermann/MTA) MTA Holiday Presents: Completes Nearly $500M in Renovations at E. 68th St. and W. 14th St. Subway Stations While Subway riding Holiday shoppers, visitors and other travelers were riding through Manhattan in recent days, the Metropolitan... News 26 Dec 2024 | 06:51
The MTA is offering extra subway, bus and Metro North service to Yankee Stadium during the World Series, in sharp contrast to the service offered Mets fans who faced mass transit chaos on the #7 line which cancelled most of the express service due to ongoing long term construction. ( Photo: Keith J. Kellu) MTA Adds More Subway and Metro North Trains to Yankee Stadium During Series Heading to Yankee Stadium for a World Series game just got a whole lot easier. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority... News 25 Oct 2024 | 11:38
The “tap-and-go” feature of OMNY working at a subway turnstile is now being rolled out for seniors using reduced fare metro cards. Seniors can convert to OMNY upon receipt of the new MetroCard, or hang onto their new white plastic card for three more years. ( Photo: Courtesy of MTA) Slow Rollout: MTA Issuing Last of Reduced Fare MetroCards for Seniors, Officially Transitioning to OMNY Senior citizens are receiving their last reduced-fare MetroCard, as the MTA officially plans to put OMNY in the hands of... News 05 Aug 2024 | 03:49
Ghost plates are a moniker for fake or obstructed license plates, which are often linked to vehicles involved in more severe crimes. Pictured is a license plate the driver attempted to cover with what looks like paper or stickers. ( Photo: MTA Live) MTA Cracks Down on Ghost Plates and Toll Evasions That Cost NYS $12.5M Per Year “This is about fairness. It’s not right when drivers, many of whom are tooling around in a Rolls-Royce, or a Bugatti, are... News 09 Jul 2024 | 03:05
The MTA reluctantly agreed it had to shelve some big projects now that the Gov. Kathy Hochul has postponed indefinitely the start of tolls from congestion pricing that were expeted to bring in $1 billion a year. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) MTA Must Defer $16.5B in Spending After Congestion Pricing Indefinitely Postponed An MTA board meeting on Wednesday, June 26 voted 10-to-1 to indefinitely pause the execution of congestion pricing tolls.... News 28 Jun 2024 | 01:17
At the east side of Broadway entrance to the Columbus Circle subway station, a current turnstile array provides little challenge to fare evaders who wish to jump over or scoot under the turnstiles, or wait for someone to exit through the emergency gate. Photo: Ralph Spielman MTA: Fare Evasion Expected to Top $700M in 2023 With fare evasion expected to top $700 million once all the figures for 2023 are tallied, the MTA is experimenting with new... News 04 Feb 2024 | 05:35
57 year-old Hilarion Joseph, an MTA employee, was tragically struck and killed by a D train at the 34th St.-Herald Sq. subway station. He was reportedly part of a cleaning crew at the time. The November 29 incident led the MTA to pause all non-essential track work citywide. ( Photo via Facebook ) MTA Employee Killed by D Train at 34th St. Subway Station An MTA employee was struck and killed by a northbound D train at the 34th St.-Herald Sq. subway station, causing the transit... News 29 Nov 2023 | 09:52
The congestion pricing zone is set, but not the price motorists will have to pay to enter anywhere in Manhattan below 60th Street starting next spring. An MTA committee is mulling prices and exemptions prior to the new toll going into effect. Photo: Community Board 8 Congestion Pricing Details Begin to Emerge as MTA Committee Wrestles with Exemptions The daily struggle just to get subway and bus riders from here to there can easily overshadow the MTA’s new push for a larger... News 10 Oct 2023 | 05:58
The MTA offered a look at the future without proper investment (left) and with proper investment (right) as it released its first ever 20 year plan and warned that failure to implement needed changes could threaten the very survival of New York City. Photo: MTA MTA’s 20 Yr Plan Warns: Ignoring Needs Puts Very Survival of NYC At Risk MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber and senior MTA officials unveiled a comprehensive 20-year needs assessment report with... News 06 Oct 2023 | 05:47
The Brass Queens, an all-female brass band with an impressive repertoire of performances, are among the finalists for the Riders’ Choice Awards ( Photo: Brass Queens Twitter ) Resounding Triumph: All-Female Band ‘Brass Queens’ Wins Inaugural Riders’ Choice Awards Call it the Grammys for subway buskers—the first-ever Riders’ Choice Award is here. Voting closed Wednesday with the all-female... News 28 Jul 2023 | 01:45
The train station at 34th St. & 8th Ave., where a General Superintendent that was tasked with overseeing elevators and escalators used on-the-clock time to make flights to his Florida home. The MTA has confirmed his firing. ( Photo via Harrison Leong on Wikimedia Commons) MTA General Superintendent Dismissed After Flying To Florida On Company Time A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) employee has been terminated from his role as General Superintendent for flying... News 27 Jul 2023 | 12:31
Second Avenue Subway’s 86th Street Station ( Photo Credit: MTA via Wiki Commons ) With Fare Hikes on the Way, the MTA Says It’s On Sound Financial Footing Though 2027 For the first time in 20 years, The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has projected a balanced budget for five... News 19 Jul 2023 | 03:43
Two buses collided on E. 23rd St. on July 6th near the service road of the FDR Drive. Dozens were injured. Photo: FDNY via Twitter. 32 Hospitalized in Horrific Crash After Tour Bus Runs Red Light, Rams MTA Bus on E. 23rd St. The front of an open top, double decker tour bus was sheared off after it ran a red light and collided with an MTA bus on... News 07 Jul 2023 | 12:50
