What you should know New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy filed a lawsuit on Friday against the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to block the congestion pricing plan of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and New York City agencies. a toll from next spring for traveling south of 60th Street … Read more
What you should know The MTA will begin a pilot program that will offer free service on some bus routes. There are five routes, one in each county, that will offer free service to 43,900 daily passengers starting at the end of September of this year for a term of six to 12 months, Gov. … Read more
What to Know New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams were at the Fulton Street Station in Lower Manhattan, along with dozens of police officers, to announce that crime on the city’s subway has dropped. The MTA says its ridership survey shows an increase in riders reporting feeling safe or very safe jumped, … Read more
What to Know They are asking Mayor Eric Adams to pressure Albany to fix the MTA, while improving subway and bus service without raising fares, a tall order for an agency that is seemingly constantly out of money. Advocates are backing a new bill in Albany that would completely revolutionize bus service in the city, … Read more
NEW YORK — The NYPD is searching for the culprit who unprovokedly beat an MTA employee at a Manhattan station. The attack happened around 8:15 p.m. Sunday at the Hudson Yards station, according to police. The victim is 70 years old and was on duty at the station when the man came up from behind … Read more