Subway

7 trains sit in an MTA maintenance facility near Citi Field.

Budgeting to Avoid ‘Summer of Hell’: Your Guide to the MTA’s Capital Program

Jan. 30, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 29, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

The sprawling transit agency’s much talked about, multi-year, major-projects plan almost always takes a winding route to the finish line.

Subway cleaners work around at the Jamaica Center terminal in Queens, Jan. 22, 2025.

Homelessness

As Temperatures Plunge, Subways Serve as Rolling Shelters

Jan. 23, 2025, 1:14 p.m.Jan. 23, 2025, 5:18 p.m.

When sleeping on the street is deadly and shelters are dangerous, homeless New Yorkers looking for warmth and a place to lay their head retreat underground.

A transit worker walks along a section of the Second Avenue Subway tunnel under East Harlem, Nov. 23, 2021.

Manhattan

Second Ave. Subway’s Next Leg Progresses With Promise of Congestion Pricing Funds

Jan. 13, 2025, 5:05 a.m.Jan. 13, 2025, 12:37 p.m.

Engineering proposals on tunneling and structural shell work are due by March 5 and a contract is expected to be awarded by the third quarter of this year.

Riders board an SBS express bus on West 34th Street, March 6, 2020.

Transit

MTA Nabs Federal Money to Study the New Psychology of Fare Beating

Dec. 13, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 12, 2024, 5:24 p.m.

Facing a behavioral shift seen since the pandemic, the transit agency is pulling out all the stops to figure out how to get people to pay their own way.

Worker Safety

Transit Workers Say MTA Too Slow to Protect Subway Cabs

Dec. 9, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 9, 2024, 8:46 a.m.

Following alarming break-ins and attacks on conductors and operators, agency heads promised action at the beginning of the year — but there’s little to show for it.

An artist recreated a “Subway Therapy” wall in the ageway in the 14th Street ageway between Sixth and Seventh avenues, Nov. 6, 2024.

Art

Post-Election Healing With Post-It Notes: ‘Subway Therapy’ Returns

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

“NY, I LOVE YOU!" Artist Matthew Chavez said he expects commuters to post some 20,000 sticky notes expressing their feelings by the weekend.

A new rail car to Tottenville Staten Island on the tracks, Oct. 8, 2023

Transit

Late Arrival: New Train Cars Finally Come to Staten Island After Three-Year Wait

Oct. 8, 2024, 5:21 p.m.Oct. 8, 2024, 5:21 p.m.

The R211 model will replace SIR cars that have been in service for more than 50 years.

Assistant Chief Scott Henderson, head of Patrol Borough Brooklyn North attended the 73rd Precinct meeting in Brownsville.

Public Safety

After Sutter Ave. Subway Shooting, Cops Promise Locals ‘Tactical Simulator’ to Show Policing Challenges

Oct. 3, 2024, 11:00 a.m.Oct. 3, 2024, 5:36 p.m.

At a community council meeting, the head of Brooklyn Patrol North said the FATS system formerly used to train cops would help civilians walk in their shoes in the “near future.”

A cabbie drives under a congestion pricing toll placed at 60th Street and 11th Avenue before the plan was put on indefinite hold.

Traffic

Lawsuits to Jump-Start Congestion Pricing Begin Court Arguments Friday

Sept. 26, 2024, 2:51 p.m.Sept. 27, 2024, 5:42 a.m.

A pair of cases that seek to revive the vehicle tolling program will rev up in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Congestion pricing advocates rally at the Bowling Green station ahead of MTA board meeting, Sept. 25, 2024.

Transit

MTA Board Approves $68B Plan Despite Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Pause

Sept. 25, 2024, 12:23 p.m.Sept. 26, 2024, 5:25 a.m.

The transit agency’s next five-year capital budget got the green light, but board and transit advocates are imploring Albany to figure out where the funding will come from.

Subway

Budgeting to Avoid ‘Summer of Hell’: Your Guide to the MTA’s Capital Program

As Temperatures Plunge, Subways Serve as Rolling Shelters

Second Ave. Subway’s Next Leg Progresses With Promise of Congestion Pricing Funds

MTA Nabs Federal Money to Study the New Psychology of Fare Beating

Transit Workers Say MTA Too Slow to Protect Subway Cabs

Post-Election Healing With Post-It Notes: ‘Subway Therapy’ Returns

Late Arrival: New Train Cars Finally Come to Staten Island After Three-Year Wait

After Sutter Ave. Subway Shooting, Cops Promise Locals ‘Tactical Simulator’ to Show Policing Challenges

Lawsuits to Jump-Start Congestion Pricing Begin Court Arguments Friday

MTA Board Approves $68B Plan Despite Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Pause

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