NYC Transit: Subway, Bus & MTA News | amNY

Third Ave Redesign

Upper East Side

Construction starts next week on redesign of Third Avenue on Upper East Side, adding bus and protected bike lanes

Posted on July 18, 2023

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

MTA reconfiguring subway turnstiles to prevent ‘back-cocking’ fare evasion practice

Posted on July 18, 2023

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MTA boosting service on five subway lines in August

Posted on July 18, 2023

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MTA announces five bus routes for fare-free pilot

Posted on July 17, 2023

To catch a thief: An exclusive inside look inside the NYPD’s pickpocket task force

Posted on July 16, 2023

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Op-ed | MTA looking to stay ahead of summer storms

Posted on July 16, 2023

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Washington Heights

Espaillat, TWU sue MTA over plan to stop staffing uptown subway elevators

Posted on July 13, 2023

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Full service restored on Metro-North, Amtrak in Hudson Valley following ‘1,000-year’ flooding

Posted on July 12, 2023

A man looking at his phone on a subway platform.

MTA debuts new text, email alerts for transit service

Posted on July 11, 2023

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Bronx Times

Advocates for Fordham Road bus lane changes continue to push city, second protest planned for Tuesday

Madison Square Garden.

City Planning Department recommends 10 year renewal of Madison Square Garden’s special permit

Posted on July 10, 2023

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Metro-North, Amtrak partially shut down service amid upstate flooding

Posted on July 10, 2023

First responders at scene of bus crash in Midtown

Manhattan bus crash leaves 32 people hospitalized, dozens more evaluated for injuries

Posted on July 7, 2023

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Biden admin awards nearly $7B to Gateway Tunnel project, largest federal transit grant in US history

Posted on July 6, 2023

A draft rendering of the planned 125th Street terminal for the Q train, part of Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway project.

Construction set to begin by end of year on Phase 2 of Second Avenue Subway

Posted on July 5, 2023

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MTA to hold contest to determine riders’ favorite subway performer

Posted on July 3, 2023

The wait for US passports is creating travel purgatory and snarling summer plans

Posted on July 3, 2023

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Washington Heights

2 dead, 4 injured in Washington Heights crash

Posted on July 3, 2023

Subway stabbing suspect in Manhattan

Suspect sought in violent subway stabbing at Union Square train platform

Posted on July 3, 2023

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Bronx

Bronx straphanger smashes subway conductor’s window after dispute: cops

Posted on July 2, 2023

MTA New York City Transit President Richard Davey

Op-ed | Busy summer for NYC Transit as they make subways ‘faster, cleaner, safer’

Posted on July 2, 2023

Business

After several turbulent days, flight disruptions ease despite worries about 5G signals

Posted on July 2, 2023

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

City budget raises Fair Fares eligibility to 120% of federal poverty line, but less than City Council and MTA wanted

Posted on June 29, 2023

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Chinatown

New York congressional reps seek answers from federal regulators on e-bike safety following deadly Chinatown fire

Posted on June 29, 2023

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Engineering firm ASTM unveils $6 billion plan to redesign Penn Station

Posted on June 28, 2023

Daniel Penny pleads not guilty to manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide charges

Posted on June 28, 2023

Traffic on Third Avenue in Manhattan.

Congestion pricing likely to go into effect by middle of 2024

Posted on June 27, 2023

A New York City taxi with accessibility for the disabled.

Access-a-Ride passengers decry fare increase, trip cap in expanded ‘on-demand’ pilot

Posted on June 26, 2023

Drivers enter Manhattan from the Williamsburg Bridge.

Feds give final approval to New York’s congestion pricing program

Posted on June 26, 2023

Former MTA chief Richard Ravitch

Former Lieutenant Governor and MTA chair Richard Ravitch dies at 89

Posted on June 26, 2023

200 people were safely evacuated from an L train after it derailed

Brooklyn

200 straphangers evacuated as L train derails in Brooklyn

Posted on June 26, 2023

J train approaches Flushing Avenue

Two people struck by J trains in separate early morning incidents

Posted on June 25, 2023

Accident Scene

Queens

Teen killed at Rockaway bus stop as sleeping driver jumps curb

Posted on June 25, 2023

ADA accessibility sign in Brooklyn

Ask the MTA | ADA upgrades, TrainTime App and shuttle train wraps

Posted on June 25, 2023

NYC subway icon finds her own voice as a transgender woman

Posted on June 23, 2023

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Teen found dead, another taken to hospital in apparent Bushwick subway surfing incident

Posted on June 22, 2023

A G train at the Court Square station in Long Island City, Queens.

Inflation strain leaves outraged MTA riders pained by planned fare hike at first public hearing

Posted on June 22, 2023

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Don Harold, founder of the Transit Museum, dies at 91

Posted on June 21, 2023

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Serenity above: High Line opens new wooden bridge to Moynihan Train Hall

Posted on June 21, 2023

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Cops cuff homeless man with lengthy rap sheet for alleged 4-train murder in East Village

Posted on June 20, 2023

Brooklyn subway stabbing suspect

Brooklyn

Brooklyn suspect who stabbed man on board J train still on the run: cops

Posted on June 19, 2023

Union Square station

Death on the 4 train: Man found fatally stabbed at Union Square station

Posted on June 17, 2023

OMNY machines where a select group of Fair Fares users will be able to tap payment

MTA will start accepting IDNYC applications for reduced fare benefits

Posted on June 15, 2023

A delivery cyclist on an e-bike in a New York City park.

City lifting ban on e-bikes in parks starting June 20 for yearlong pilot

Posted on June 15, 2023

Buttigieg vows federal help to fix collapsed section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia

Posted on June 13, 2023

Mayor Adams, Dot Commissioner Rodriguez in Queens to Announce “Summer Streets” To All Five Boroughs (Photo by Michael Dorgan)

NYC ‘Summer Streets’ initiative will expand to all five boroughs this summer

Posted on June 12, 2023

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber

Op-ed | Transit rebound and diversity are matters of Pride for MTA

Posted on June 11, 2023

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Bronx Times

Fatal Major Deegan incident added to toll of deadly motorcycle crashes on Bronx highways

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Bronx Hip Hop Museum secures major funding as 2026 opening approaches

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The return of the Anniversary Day Parade: Our Neighborhood: The Way It Was

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Grand Army Plaza Arch emerges from two-year, $8.9M restoration

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