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MTA subway train traveling through Astor Place station

Ask the MTA | Air conditioned trains, station repair progress and Memorial Day service

Posted on May 5, 2024

Bike lanes ahead of congestion pricing

Congestion pricing: DOT touts dozens of proposed street redesign projects to come following start of Manhattan toll program

Posted on May 2, 2024

Cycling racing

Five Boro Bike Tour is pedaling back to NYC this weekend. Here’s what to know.

Posted on May 1, 2024

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

Fair Fares transit discount program finally compatible with OMNY for trial period

Posted on May 1, 2024

Pregnant MTA bus driver Latoya Christian

Pregnant bus drivers blast MTA over lack of reasonable accommodations

Posted on April 30, 2024

NYPD cops ride the 4 train.

Transit crime down 6% this year as MTA seeks to assuage rider fears

Posted on April 29, 2024

An express bus operating on a rainy street on Staten Island

MTA looks to beef up express bus service ahead of congestion pricing

Posted on April 29, 2024

An LIRR train at Far Rockaway in August 2023.

Congestion pricing: LIRR and Metro-North set to offer 10% discount on monthly passes for city riders ahead of toll rollout

Posted on April 28, 2024

Congestion pricing traffic on Manhattan street

Congestion pricing: MTA to launch Manhattan toll program on June 30

Posted on April 26, 2024

MTA climate change: Flooding in Brooklyn subway station

MTA says it needs $6 billion to fight climate change over next decade

Posted on April 25, 2024

Truck traveling on Manhattan street before congestion pricing

Congestion pricing: NYC offers incentives for off-hour deliveries ahead of toll rollout

Posted on April 24, 2024

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Feds to NYPD cops: Stop parking on NYC sidewalks, or we’ll take you to court!

Posted on April 24, 2024

MTA workers repairing cracked subway station platform during 'Re-NEW-vation' repair program

These 13 NYC subway stations will receive ‘Re-NEW-vation’ upgrades and cleaning this spring and summer

Posted on April 24, 2024

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Solar power canopy at JFK long-term parking lot to help power AirTrain, nearby homes

Posted on April 23, 2024

Electric vehicle

Earth Day: Number of electric or wheelchair-accessible Uber, Lyft trips has doubled in past year

Posted on April 22, 2024

Bus riding along Manhattan

MTA’s free bus experiment will end after not being reauthorized in state budget

Posted on April 21, 2024

Police vehicle in Brooklyn

Woman dies after Jeep flips over on the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ of the Bronx River Parkway

Posted on April 21, 2024

Amy Cohen, co-founder of Families for Safe Streets, next to a picture of her son Sammy, the namesake of Sammy's Law, at a 2019 rally.

Albany lawmakers set to pass Sammy’s Law, allow NYC to lower speed limit to 20 mph

Posted on April 18, 2024

Kars4Kids band singing jingle

Jingle all the way: Kars4Kids beats back $10M trademark infringement verdict from Texas charity

Posted on April 18, 2024

Cars

MTA set to send some congestion pricing money to NJ to mitigate impacts

Posted on April 17, 2024

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber

‘The wrong message’: MTA Chief Lieber slams free bus pilot program as lawmakers weigh expansion

Posted on April 17, 2024

Turnabout is ‘Fare Play’: NYPD says fare evasion operation led to 175 arrests of armed or drug-carrying suspects in a week

Posted on April 17, 2024

Scene in Brooklyn where girl was struck and killed by driver

10-year-old girl in Brooklyn fatally struck by driver

Posted on April 16, 2024

Helicopter flying over East River in NYC

NYC lawmakers seek to ban ‘non-essential’ chopper flights from city heliports

Posted on April 16, 2024

Photo of subway slasher at Midtown station

Midtown Manhattan

Subway slasher in Midtown attacks man buying a MetroCard at vending machine: cops

Posted on April 16, 2024

MTA new electric Access-a-ride van

Take a spin inside the MTA’s first electric Access-a-Ride vans coming to the paratransit fleet

Posted on April 15, 2024

MTA New York City Transit President Richard Davey talking with subway commuters

Op-ed | Thinking outside the ‘booth’ and in the subways themselves

Posted on April 14, 2024

The Clip can turn any regular bike into an e-bike.

This Brooklyn startup wants to turn any bike into an e-bike

Posted on April 11, 2024

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announces conviction of Randall's Island rapist

Man charged for shoving his girlfriend in front of a Lower Manhattan train, cutting off her legs

Posted on April 11, 2024

NYPD barnacle placed on windshield of truck

Is the ‘Barnacle’ the NYPD’s answer to stopping parking scofflaws in their tracks?

Posted on April 9, 2024

Police at scene where man was stabbed with screwdriver

Bronx

Bronx brute stabbed man with screwdriver over musical interlude on bus ride: cops

Posted on April 9, 2024

Parking meter in Queens

New ‘pay-by-plate’ parking meters are coming to NYC streets. Here’s what that means for drivers.

Posted on April 8, 2024

PATH train at Manhattan station

Port Authority plans $430M rehabilitation for PATH train system

Posted on April 7, 2024

Bicyclists attend MTA press conference

Ask the MTA | Bike racks on buses, community signs and Earth Day celebrations

Posted on April 7, 2024

MTA is selling limited edition MetroCards bearing the likeness of Olivia Benson

MTA selling limited-edition ‘Law & Order: SVU’ MetroCards featuring Mariska Hargitay for show’s 25th anniversary

Posted on April 4, 2024

Pedestrians navigate East 138th Street between Cypress Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard on Feb. 6, 2024. East 138th was identified by the nonprofit Transportation Alternatives as one of the most dangerous streets in the city for those who drive, bike or walk.

Bronx Times

Cops report Bronx pedestrian killed in 2022 NYPD vehicle collision

Police tend to man fatally struck on tracks of 1 train

Chelsea

Man on tracks fatally struck by downtown 1 train in Chelsea: sources

Posted on April 3, 2024

New Jersey E-ZPass message on Congestion Pricing

Congestion pricing: Oral arguments made in New Jersey’s federal challenge to New York’s Manhattan toll plan

Posted on April 3, 2024

Grand Central Madison station concourse

MTA seeks ‘master’ vendor for retail development at Grand Central Madison

Posted on April 2, 2024

Long Island City skyline

Free shuttle bus discontinued from 34th Street ferry landing, rankling some riders

Posted on April 1, 2024

F train service at Roosevelt Island

Regular F train service restored to Roosevelt Island with completion of tunnel work

Posted on April 1, 2024

MTA Chair Janno Lieber at congestion pricing final vote

Op-ed | It’s about time for congestion pricing, and a big boost in MTA service

Posted on March 31, 2024

Bernie Wagenblast marks Transgender Day of Visibility

Trans Lives Matter: Celebrating international Transgender Day of Visibility with the MTA’s help

Posted on March 30, 2024

Self-driving cars on sandy lot

Self-driving cars get greenlight from Mayor Adams for test run on NYC streets

Posted on March 28, 2024

Mayor Adams wants to test out AI-powered metal detectors in the subway system.

AI-powered metal detectors coming to NYC subway system in pilot crime-fighting program

Posted on March 28, 2024

Drivers enter Manhattan from the Williamsburg Bridge.

APPROVED: MTA grants final greenlight to congestion pricing program, with slight tweaks

Posted on March 27, 2024

Photo of Broadway at West 26th Street

DOT rolls out ‘Broadway Vision’ to further pedestrianize four blocks near Union Square

Posted on March 26, 2024

NYC ports expect increased shipping traffic following Baltimore bridge collapse

Posted on March 26, 2024

More from around NYC

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Early morning fire in Mott Haven apartment building injures four, displaces 62 residents

When this photo was taken, the street where these men are pictured was located in a section known as St. James Park.

A forgotten name for a Ridgewood community: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

prospect park swans

Beloved Prospect Park swans rescued after suspected off-leash dog attack

The Cincinnati-based Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is the headquarters of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Sixth Circuit Court rushes to beat Supreme Court in ruling on conversion therapy ban