New York City Transit

Work

Labor Pains: MTA Brass Hears From Pregnant Bus Drivers Suing for Work Accommodations

April 30, 2024, 3:42 p.m.April 30, 2024, 3:42 p.m.

Bus operators with rapidly approaching due dates took to the transit agency’s monthly hearing to make their voices heard amid stress and financial uncertainty.

Subway

More Celebrity Voices and Promo Spots Coming to Subway Stations and Trains

April 26, 2024, 5:00 a.m.April 25, 2024, 5:47 p.m.

A one-year pilot program would test engers’ response to in-station ments and famous names making train announcements.

A female bus operator drives down Fulton Street in Brooklyn.

Transit

Pregnant Bus Drivers Say They’re Not Getting Their Due Accommodations

April 17, 2024, 10:15 p.m.April 18, 2024, 2:50 p.m.

Women who work for the MTA’s surface transit division say they aren’t being given the same option of light-duty jobs as they get closer to their delivery dates.

Retired MTA worker Billie Turner poses for a portrait outside the Shepherd Avenue station in East New York.

Mental Health

As Subway Collisions Rise, Train Operators Feeling the Pain

April 11, 2024, 5:00 a.m.April 11, 2024, 12:24 a.m.

The number of trains hitting people has surged nearly 30% since 2018, even as the ridership remains well below the pre-pandemic mark.

Congestion Pricing

MTA Green-Lights Manhattan Toll Plan

March 27, 2024, 4:43 p.m.March 27, 2024, 5:44 p.m.

The Wednesday vote of approval was expected, but congestion pricing still faces speed bumps in the form of lawsuits.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber announce a subway safety plan at the NYCT Rail Control Center.

MTA

Hochul Sends in the Troops: State Police, National Guard to Do Subway Bag Checks

March 6, 2024, 5:53 p.m.March 6, 2024, 5:53 p.m.

With fears of crime underground on the rise, the governor is sending nearly 1000 law enforcement officers into the transit system.

A vacant retail space in a renovated wing of Penn Station, Jan. 25, 2024.

Economy

Red Signals: Retail Spaces in Transit System Still Not Moving

Jan. 29, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 27, 2024, 9:01 p.m.

Mass transit officials bet on adding shops and restaurants to transportation hubs to boost revenue, but many are still ghost towns.

MTA

Subway Officials Want to Make Worker-Cab Break-Ins Mission Impossible

Jan. 18, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 17, 2024, 10:27 p.m.

A spate of vandal incidents in conductor and train-operator booths has the MTA looking at high and low technology.

An F train derailed near Coney Island in Brooklyn.

Subway

Despite Three Derailments in 22 Days, Transit President Says Subway Riders Should Feel Safe

Jan. 10, 2024, 5:52 p.m.Jan. 10, 2024, 5:58 p.m.

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.

MTA union leader John Samuelsen talks about ongoing labor disputes with the state regarding overtime pay, May 16, 2019.

Traffic

Union Boss Quits Congestion Pricing as It Releases New Details of Tolling Plan

Nov. 30, 2023, 4:45 p.m.Nov. 30, 2023, 4:45 p.m.

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 […]

New York City Transit

Labor Pains: MTA Brass Hears From Pregnant Bus Drivers Suing for Work Accommodations

More Celebrity Voices and Promo Spots Coming to Subway Stations and Trains

Pregnant Bus Drivers Say They’re Not Getting Their Due Accommodations

As Subway Collisions Rise, Train Operators Feeling the Pain

MTA Green-Lights Manhattan Toll Plan

Hochul Sends in the Troops: State Police, National Guard to Do Subway Bag Checks

Red Signals: Retail Spaces in Transit System Still Not Moving

Subway Officials Want to Make Worker-Cab Break-Ins Mission Impossible

Despite Three Derailments in 22 Days, Transit President Says Subway Riders Should Feel Safe

Union Boss Quits Congestion Pricing as It Releases New Details of Tolling Plan

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