• Tag Archives: NYC MTA

    NYC and MTA Trade Shots Over Ownership of Crane Collapse Site

    By Janet Babin | Apr. 5 – 7:54 am

        UPDATED New York City and the NY MTA are trading shots over who owns the site of a crane collapse that killed one...

    [0] Cities/Urban, Safety, Subway, WNYC - New York City

    MTA Board Member: Overnight Shutdowns Too Broad (And More are On the Way)

    By Janet Babin | Feb. 27 – 5:41 pm

    The MTA’s Fastrack closures inconvenience thousands of passengers. At a monthly NYC MTA Transit Committee meeting Monday, Board member Andrew Albert complained that during the last...

    [6] Cities/Urban, Subway, WNYC - New York City

    New Fears Over Revamped Transportation Bill

    By Janet Babin | Feb. 24 – 5:51 pm

    A federal transportation bill that threatened to cut billions from mass transit budgets around the country has been scrapped.  But as lawmakers return from a...

    [1] Automobiles, Cities/Urban, Community, Federal Government, Financing, Infrastructure, Subway, WNYC - New York City

    MTA Announces App Contest Winners

    By Janet Babin | Feb. 2 – 8:24 pm

    A company that created an app to find transit directions that can be used in subway tunnels won the NY MTA’s competition for the best...

    [1] Cities/Urban, Local Government, Rail, Subway, Technology, Transit, WNYC - New York City

    TWU Suspends Talks with NY MTA Over Contract

    By Janet Babin | Jan. 19 – 5:56 pm

    Talks broke down today between New York’s Transport Workers Local Union 100 and New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Members of The Transport Workers Union gathered...

    [0] Buses, Cities/Urban, Community, Local Government, Subway, WNYC - New York City

    WEEKEND PHOTOS: 75 Years Ago, the Henry Hudson Bridge Under Construction

    By Alex Goldmark | Dec. 10 – 8:46 am

    The Henry Hudson was originally designed for leisurely weekend drives. Now the 75-year-old bridge is the site of a high-tech cashless tolling plan. Here’s a...

    [0] Construction, Infrastructure

    NY MTA Launches Weekender Website (Again) to (Re)Clear Up Info Clutter

    By Alex Goldmark | Dec. 9 – 5:10 pm

    The NY MTA unveiled another redesign for weekend service announcements today, The Weekender website 1.5. If that sounds familiar, it’s because it is. This version of...

    [0] Cities/Urban, Subway, Transit

    WiFi And Dial-tones Coming to NYC Subway Platforms…S l o w l y

    By Jim O'Grady | Jul. 19 – 4:13 pm

    (New York, NY – WNYC) WiFi is coming to NYC subway platforms, but not for another four years — and there will be no connectivity...

    [9] Cities/Urban, Infrastructure, Money, Subway, Technology, Transit, Uncategorized

    UPDATED Quiz: What are the Top Seven Transit Systems in the U.S.? — Some Surprises

    By Andrea Bernstein | Jun. 14 – 10:31 am

    (Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation)  UPDATED WITH ONE MORE LIST: When Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff yesterday mentioned a $50 billion funding gap just to maintain...

    [0] Buses, Cities/Urban, Federal Government, Transit

    NYC Subway Music Winners Picked

    By admin | Jun. 1 – 1:48 pm

    (New York, NY — Marlon Bishop, WNYC) Coming soon to NYC underground:  a Japanese mandolin player playing Italian classics, Baroque harp music, and a full...

    [0] Cities/Urban, Community, Subway, Transit