Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber attend a rally at McBurney YMCA on West 14th St. on January 5, 2026, to commemorate the one year anniversary of the implementation of Congestion Pricing. ( Photo: Marc Hermann/MTA) Congestion Pricing Has Raised $550M for MTA, Cut Traffic Too: Hochul One year to the day after tolling cameras were turned on from 60th Street to the Battery in Manhattan, Gov. Kathy Hochul,... News 08 Jan 2026 | 04:42
New Conduent fare gates were installed at the Broadway-Lafayette Station on Dec. 19. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) MTA Installs New Subway Gates But Will They Really Curb Fare Evasion? Janno Lieber, chair and CEO of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), has repeatedly described fare evasion as the subway’s... News 26 Dec 2025 | 10:42
Two years ago, this is what part of the Grand Central Terminal Train Shed looked like. The train shed is over 100 years old and badly in need of repair. JPMorganChase and Vornado Realty Trust have jointly pledged $75 million to help the MTA reconstruct the infrastructure between 46th and 53rd streets. ( Photo: Marc A. Hermann/MTA) MTA Unveils $75 Million in Construction Deals to Keep Park Avenue Sturdy The underpinnings of Park Avenue that lead into Grand Central Terminal will be getting a major overhaul. The MTA on Dec. 16,... News 18 Dec 2025 | 02:28
The federal government wants to take over the long-stalled Penn Station redevelopment plan, taking over from the MTA. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Feds Take Over Penn Station Renovation Plan The Trump administration took over planning for the renovation and possible expansion of Penn Station, shoving the MTA aside... News 20 Apr 2025 | 07:30
Old subway map (right), meet new subway map (left). ( Photo: MTA NYC Transit) First New Major Subway Map Overhaul in Nearly Half Century Unveiled by MTA A new subway map, last redone during the Carter administration, is being rolled out in stations across the city, the first... News 07 Apr 2025 | 03:52
The MetroCard killer is this latest OMNY Card machine. It works with all different OMNY cards, including Senior and Student cards, similar to a bank ATM, and is faster than the soon-to-be-scrapped MetroCard machines. Alternatively, riders can “tap” with their own credit cards at turnstiles. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Bye-Bye to Metrocards The blue-and-yellow MetroCard, which has reigned supreme for bus and subway fares for over three decades, will be gone by... News 22 Mar 2025 | 01:16
The “tap-and-go” feature of OMNY working at a subway turnstile is now being rolled out for seniors using reduced fare metro cards. Seniors can convert to OMNY upon receipt of the new MetroCard, or hang onto their new white plastic card for three more years. ( Photo: Courtesy of MTA) Slow Rollout: MTA Issuing Last of Reduced Fare MetroCards for Seniors, Officially Transitioning to OMNY Senior citizens are receiving their last reduced-fare MetroCard, as the MTA officially plans to put OMNY in the hands of... News 05 Aug 2024 | 03:49
A rendering of the planned 2nd Phase of the Second Avenue subway extension, which can resume inching forward after Governor Kathy Hochul announced $54 million in state funding for the project. The price tag was previously covered by congestion pricing, which she indefinitely paused. ( Photo: MTA ) Stalled Second Avenue Subway Expansion Inches Forward, After $54M State Allocation The Second Avenue subway expansion project will resume again, after Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she had managed... News 31 Jul 2024 | 06:46
MTA Going Your Way: Times Square Station, 42nd Street and Broadway. Students will soon have green OMNY cards to replace the old MetroCards, which only allowed free travel between 5:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. The new cards, starting in Septmember, can be swiped for up to four free rides per day, 24/7. ( Photo: Brian Berger) NYC School Kids Will Have Access to Free Subway Rides 24/7 Starting in September Going to school via mass transit is going to get a whole lot easier for students starting in September. Mayor Eric Adams,... News 29 Jul 2024 | 11:38
At the east side of Broadway entrance to the Columbus Circle subway station, a current turnstile array provides little challenge to fare evaders who wish to jump over or scoot under the turnstiles, or wait for someone to exit through the emergency gate. Photo: Ralph Spielman MTA: Fare Evasion Expected to Top $700M in 2023 With fare evasion expected to top $700 million once all the figures for 2023 are tallied, the MTA is experimenting with new... News 04 Feb 2024 | 05:35
The congestion pricing zone is set, but not the price motorists will have to pay to enter anywhere in Manhattan below 60th Street starting next spring. An MTA committee is mulling prices and exemptions prior to the new toll going into effect. Photo: Community Board 8 Congestion Pricing Details Begin to Emerge as MTA Committee Wrestles with Exemptions The daily struggle just to get subway and bus riders from here to there can easily overshadow the MTA’s new push for a larger... News 10 Oct 2023 | 05:58
Second Avenue Subway’s 86th Street Station ( Photo Credit: MTA via Wiki Commons ) With Fare Hikes on the Way, the MTA Says It’s On Sound Financial Footing Though 2027 For the first time in 20 years, The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has projected a balanced budget for five... News 19 Jul 2023 | 03:43
There have apparently been negotiations between Madison Square and Italian construction developer ASTM about demolishing the Theater at MSG on the Eighth Ave side of the arena to build a new grand entrance to Penn Station. So far no sign of any substantive talks between MSG, the MTA and the other railroads that actually use the rail hub below the garden. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Fireworks Erupt at Planning Commission Hearing on MSG as Dolan’s Team Blasts MTA Report The clock is ticking. The apparently tense negotiations between Madison Square Garden and the three railroad giants that use... News 09 Jun 2023 | 10:12
The MTA wants to begin installing a new class of turnstiles with sliding panels that it hopes will defeat the turnstile jumpers on subways who cost the MTA $285 million last year. Photo: Marc A. Hermann/MTA Unfair: Fare beaters skip out on $690 million to MTA in past yr. The Pandemic really tore at the fabric of New York. Bad behavior of all sorts has proliferated. Restaurateurs struggle to... News 19 May 2023 | 03:55
Congestion pricing, which supporters say will cut traffic jams and improve air quality, is moving closer to reality but it still has critics who call it an unfair double tax on commuters. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Congestion Pricing: It Could Be Here By This Time Next Year After MTA, Feds OK Plans The political gridlock that has stalled congestion pricing in Manhattan for more than four years may, finally, be clearing.... News 12 May 2023 | 12:49
