Posted inMTA
Subway Surfers Take Unsafe Sex to the Next Level
MTA rips into “clowns” who took pantless joyride atop the No. 7 train.
Jose Martinez
Jose is THE CITY’s transportation reporter, where he covers the latest developments and policies impacting traffic and transit in the city.
Posted inTransit
Boosts to Bus Service Must Come With Congestion Pricing, State Pols Say
A new $90 million proposal would increase service frequency and triple the number of bus routes that offer fare-free rides.
Posted inEconomy
Red Signals: Retail Spaces in Transit System Still Not Moving
Mass transit officials bet on adding shops and restaurants to transportation hubs to boost revenue, but many are still ghost towns.
Posted inTransit
Second Avenue Subway Inches Forward on Phase Two Extension
The MTA awarded the first contract on the $7.7 billion project to take the Q line to 125th Street, but legal challenges to congestion pricing, which helps pay for it, and other uncertainties remain.
Posted inMTA
Subway Officials Want to Make Worker-Cab Break-Ins Mission Impossible
A spate of vandal incidents in conductor and train-operator booths has the MTA looking at high and low technology.
Posted inSubway
Despite Three Derailments in 22 Days, Transit President Says Subway Riders Should Feel Safe
An F Train carrying 37 people skipped the tracks on Wednesday in Brooklyn with no injuries reported. Derailments with engers are relatively rare — before last week the last one was in 2020.
Posted inTransit
Bus Depot Workers Without Heat as Cold Settles on the City
Drivers are running buses indoors to keep warm at the East New York Bus Depot in Brooklyn.
Posted inTraffic
Union Boss Quits Congestion Pricing as It Releases New Details of Tolling Plan
As the MTA filled in key details Thursday on a plan to toll motorists driving into the core of Manhattan as a way to fund mass transit improvements, a member of the that shaped the congestion pricing proposal resigned in protest. Labor leader John Samuelsen yanked his name off the congestion pricing recommendations issued […]
Posted inBrooklyn
Wary Bus Driver Spots Kids on ‘Target Adventure’ in Wee Hours
When a young brother and sister boarded his B83 bus at five in the morning, Marvin McLaurin figured something wasn’t right.
Posted inTransportation
Revel Scooter Sharing Service Ceases After Ridership Plummets
The Brooklyn-based transit startup says it will now focus on its growing electric vehicle ride-sharing fleet.