NYC Transit: Subway, Bus & MTA News | amNY

The Crown Heights-Utica Ave station.

MTA motorman stabbed at Brooklyn subway station

Posted on October 8, 2024

NYTWA leader Bhairavi Desai makes her case to FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya at Fordham University in Oct. 2024.

Rideshare drivers seek federal intervention against ‘lockouts’ by Uber, Lyft – claiming collusion between giants

Posted on October 8, 2024

Electric aviation startup Joby says it is nearing federal approval to operate an air taxi service in NYC.

Joby nearing FAA approval for electric ‘air taxi’ service to JFK

Posted on October 6, 2024

Sanitation truck on renewable diesel

NYC converts city vehicle fleet to ‘renewable’ diesel, but is it really clean?

Posted on October 3, 2024

Penn Station and Madison Square Garden

Penn Station railroads say complex must be enlarged to meet expected demand

Posted on October 2, 2024

A Bus

Construction begins on new 96th Street bus lane in Manhattan

Posted on October 1, 2024

Governor Kathy Hochul speaking about MTA

Hochul suggests MTA’s approved $68B capital plan may be shrunk before getting state approval

Posted on September 30, 2024

crate of bananas

It’s bananas! Longshoremen’s strike could strand 100,000 containers of cargo in New York, Hochul says

Posted on September 30, 2024

Subway Elevator

Congestion pricing: Disability advocates filing new lawsuit to restart accessibility projects

Posted on September 29, 2024

Cargo ship passes Verrazzano Bridge near Port of NY

New York area ports could see workers walk off job this week as part of eastern US strike

Posted on September 29, 2024

traffic on a New York City street with lower speed limits

Congestion pricing: Judge’s ruling lets lawsuits challenging Hochul’s pause move forward

Posted on September 29, 2024

MTA interim New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow

Op-ed | Investing in better subway and bus service

Posted on September 29, 2024

G Line Work

MTA approves $68.4 billion capital plan, sends it to Albany on how to figure out funding

Posted on September 25, 2024

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

Future of Second Avenue Subway expansion in limbo as money fails to materialize following congestion pricing pause

Posted on September 25, 2024

A commuter on the Amtrak platform at Penn Station.

Amtrak train derails at Penn Station, snarling commuters amid Wednesday afternoon rush

Posted on September 25, 2024

A train

MTA seeks to replace thousands of old railcars and modernize transit fleet in capital plan, board to vote on Wednesday

Posted on September 24, 2024

An NYC Ferry on the East River near the Queensboro Bridge in 2022.

NYC Ferry service suspended at various East River stops, will face disruption through UN General Assembly

Posted on September 24, 2024

A police officer rolls out crime scene tape at a subway station.

Bronx

Bronx subway stabbing leaves man seriously wounded: cops

Posted on September 24, 2024

Subway signals on the Rockaway Park shuttle line, due to be replaced in the MTA's next capital plan.

MTA seeks to spend $5.4 billion on new train signals across four subway lines

Posted on September 23, 2024

An artist's rendering of the proposed New Utrecht Ave station on the Interborough Express in Borough Park, Brooklyn.

MTA capital plan advances Interborough Express light rail project between Brooklyn and Queens

Posted on September 22, 2024

MTA Chair Janno Lieber

Op-ed | MTA Capital Plan sets course for a future of public transit that must be fully funded

Posted on September 22, 2024

MTA Chair Janno Lieber speaks about capital plan

MTA Chair Lieber ‘confident’ Governor Hochul, state legislature, will find funds for MTA’s big capital plan

Posted on September 18, 2024

G Line Work

MTA unveils $68.4 billion capital plan to modernize NYC transit – but funding questions amid congestion pricing pause remain

Posted on September 18, 2024

MTA electric buses parked at depot

‘Stranded’ Island: Staten Island parents say MTA buses are leaving their kids behind on school days

Posted on September 17, 2024

MTA bus

MTA expands traffic enforcement program on 20 new bus routes this month, with offending drivers getting warnings first

Posted on September 16, 2024

Young folks and Brooklyn elected official speak at stroller march for congestion pricing

Brooklyn

‘Stroller March’ in Brooklyn makes push to end congestion pricing pause an all-in-the-family effort

Posted on September 15, 2024

An express bus operating on a rainy street on Staten Island

Ask the MTA | Student OMNY Cards for express buses, lauding great bus drivers and ‘Laser Trains’

Posted on September 15, 2024

an MTA bus

MTA struggles to find funding as fare hikes remain on the table: comptroller report

Posted on September 12, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Police seek driver of white SUV after 74-year-old killed in Brooklyn hit-and-run

OMNY vending machines

MTA adds OMNY vending machines to dozens of NYC train stations

Posted on September 10, 2024

a ship

EDC touts increased ferry ridership, won’t commit to any system expansions

Posted on September 10, 2024

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

Chelsea residents, advocates fight to end ‘accessibility desert’ with elevators at local subway stations

Posted on September 9, 2024

Gridlock traffic near UN General Assembly

The UN General Assembly starts Tuesday. Here’s how you can avoid Manhattan gridlock and travel quickly.

Posted on September 9, 2024

Person listening to podcast

DOT hopes new ‘Curb Enthusiasm’ podcast on NYC transportation is ‘prett-ay, prett-ay, prett-ay good’

Posted on September 9, 2024

Rally for congestion pricing in Manhattan

Day of action: Congestion pricing supporters in Manhattan demand Hochul unpause toll plan, support mass transit

Posted on September 8, 2024

Upper West Side 96th Street

Upper West Side locals seek to torpedo planned bus lane on 96th Street

Posted on September 5, 2024

A sign noting the entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel.

Queens Midtown Tunnel partially reopens after flooding caused by construction accident

Posted on September 4, 2024

42nd Street subway rider looks at cellphone during 5G service

42nd Street Shuttle now fully equipped with 5G as MTA plans to connect all tunnels with cell service

Posted on September 4, 2024

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Bronx Times

Teen slashed in unprovoked knife attack on Bronx subway, suspect at large

NYC Ferry boat on East River

City high school students can now ride the NYC Ferry for less than $2

Posted on September 4, 2024

an MTA bus

Lawmakers blast MTA as it ends its fare-free bus pilot, citing boost in transit affordability

Posted on September 3, 2024

The G Train

Back on track: G train returns to full service following summer shutdown

Posted on September 3, 2024

A New York City taxi with accessibility for the disabled.

Judge rules all new NYC taxis must be wheelchair-accessible until city meets settlement requirement

Posted on September 2, 2024

Police at scene of auto collision on Staten Island

Auto collisions claim six lives on NYC streets over Labor Day weekend

Posted on September 2, 2024

NYCT Interim President Demetrius Crichlow with MTA New York City Transit Special Inspectors from the EAGLE Team enforce bus fare payment along the M96 route at East 96th St. & 5th Av. on Thursday, Aug 29, 2024.

Op-Ed | Bus fare evasion is not a victimless crime

Posted on September 1, 2024

Subway train

MTA details Labor Day Weekend service changes on subway, bus, commuter rail

Posted on August 30, 2024

NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper will be stepping down from his post as top transit cop next month but will not be leaving the NYC subways, amNewYork Metro has learned.

NYPD chief of transit Michael Kemper leaving department, will head up MTA security: sources

Posted on August 30, 2024

Uber and Lyft drivers are threatening a strike over continuing "lockouts" and antitrust action over a city deal meant to address it.

Rideshare drivers threatening strike over ‘lockouts’ by Uber, Lyft, antitrust suit over city-brokered deal

Posted on August 29, 2024

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May races in Queens: JFK Airport 5K, Forest Park trail classic and a Queensborough 5K

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Temporary Carroll Gardens Library to open in ‘underutilized’ Community Board 6 office space this summer

Councilmember Erik Bottcher and more than a dozen other elected officials from Manhattan signed a letter blasting "ongoing dysfunction" at Community Education Council District 2.

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