Mayor Eric Adams shakes hands with the Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy before embarking on a two stop subway “tour” on the B Line on April 4. Duffy, who had earlier called the subway system a “shithole” apparently did not change his tune after the ride with hizzoner. ( Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) MTA’s Lieber Vs Trump’s Transport Sec Duffy On April 4, US Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, rode our subway system on a mysterious ride with Mayor Eric Adams,... Voices 17 Apr 2025 | 03:18
Old subway map (right), meet new subway map (left). ( Photo: MTA NYC Transit) First New Major Subway Map Overhaul in Nearly Half Century Unveiled by MTA A new subway map, last redone during the Carter administration, is being rolled out in stations across the city, the first... News 07 Apr 2025 | 03:52
Fans on board a Redbird nostalgia train to Citi Field on Opening Day, April 4. ( Photo: MTA Photos via Flickr) Vintage Train Rides for Mets Opening Day, but Fans Learn No #7 Express This Season East side, West side, everybody’s coming down, to meet the M-E-T-S Mets, of New York town. On April 4, happy Mets fans boarded... Voices 06 Apr 2025 | 04:18
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
John Roebling’s 1888 masterpiece, The Brooklyn Bridge, the nation’s first suspension bridge, is under the watchful eye of the National Transportation Safety Board in 2025 for not having had a proper risk assessment for a marine bridge strike. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Troubled Bridges over Waters? Six bridges that span either tidal waterways or major rivers in the five boroughs have been tagged as in need of evaluation... News 26 Mar 2025 | 07:26
On her way to attend a congestion-pricing rally at West 14th Street and Ninth Avenue, Gov. Kathy Hochul rode the M14D bus with regular passengers and media representatives. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Trump’s DOT Head Rips Hochul Handling of Subways, Calls System a ‘Shithole’ A day after Gov. Kathy Hochul said she didn’t have to go to war with the federal government over the congestion-pricing question,... News 24 Mar 2025 | 01:20
The MetroCard killer is this latest OMNY Card machine. It works with all different OMNY cards, including Senior and Student cards, similar to a bank ATM, and is faster than the soon-to-be-scrapped MetroCard machines. Alternatively, riders can “tap” with their own credit cards at turnstiles. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Bye-Bye to Metrocards The blue-and-yellow MetroCard, which has reigned supreme for bus and subway fares for over three decades, will be gone by... News 22 Mar 2025 | 01:16
NYC Transit president Demetrius Crichlow, donning an orange safety vest at the Mother Hale Bus Depot, helped out on National Transit Employee Appreciation Day March 18, by changing a bus’s broken mirror, under the guidance of a Hale Bus Depot mechanic. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Wild Week for Mass Transit It was a whip saw week for NYC Transit, rosy optimism at mid-week and gathering storm clouds–all within one 24-hour period.... News 20 Mar 2025 | 12:01
Gov. Kathy Hochul and MTA Chair Janno Lieber, point to long-term benefits of congestion pricing at the MTA board meeting. Hochul said she would fight President Trump’s efforts to end the controversial toll. ( Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA) Congestion Pricing Still on Track–But Who Knows for How Long? Despite an order from the Trump administration to turn off the congestion-pricing tolls on March 21, Gov. Kathy Hochul told... News 28 Feb 2025 | 04:50
A visibly angered Gov. Kathy Hochul addresses the demand by the Trump Administration to cease the New York Congestion Pricing program. ( Photo: Office of NYS Governor) Hochul Fires Back after “King” Trump Pushes to End Congestion Pricing It is all out war over congestion pricing after President Donald Trump’s Department of Transportation issued an edict to... News 23 Feb 2025 | 06:56
Congestion pricing tolls after one month showed commute times way down, but traffic in-zone not moving much faster than it was a year earlier. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Congestion Pricing at 1 Month: Faster Commutes but Slower Ambulance Response Times The controversial congestion pricing toll after its first four weeks has succeeded in reducing commute times into the city... News 13 Feb 2025 | 06:16
Riders on a recent SBS M60 bus in Manhattan have the option of getting a ride ticket at stops or using their OMNY cards or phones to pay. The MTA estimates that 40 percent of bus riders don’t pay. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) MTA Fare Evasion Down Thanks to Crackdown but Losses Still Staggering While the numbers for bus and subway fare-beating are down somewhat, one out of 10 subway riders is not paying their legal... News 03 Feb 2025 | 02:37
Owner Bruce Caulfield stands at the front of his brand new Penn Cellars wine and spirits store in Penn Station Long Island Rail Road Concourse which opened on December 23, 2024. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Restaurant Delayed at GCM, but Beer/Wine Will Soon Flow at Mini Tracks; Wine Cellar Opens in Penn As the Grand Central Madison terminal and concourse observes its second anniversary of opening on January 25, its retail... News 13 Jan 2025 | 04:15
The MTA wants to buy 435 more of the subway cars known as the R211s. Pictured here is the inaugural ride of the first R211A subway to enter customer service, from 207 St on the A line on Friday, Mar 10, 2023, taken at 145th Street in Manhattan. As of 2027, there were be 1610 Kawasaki-built R211s, including the open-gangway cars, the single unit R211A as pictured here. ( Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA) Cameras Will be in 435 New Subway Cars that MTA Wants to Buy for $1.27B–But Only If New Budget Gets OK The good news: at its last board meeting of 2024, the MTA tentatively approved a $1.27 billion contract to purchase 435 new... News 03 Jan 2025 | 01:35
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
