• Tag Archives: NYC MTA

    NYC and MTA Trade Shots Over Ownership of Crane Collapse Site

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

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

    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...

    New Fears Over Revamped Transportation Bill

    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...

    MTA Announces App Contest Winners

    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...

    TWU Suspends Talks with NY MTA Over Contract

    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...

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

    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...

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

    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...

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

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

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

    (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...

    NYC Subway Music Winners Picked

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