The Brass Queens, an all-female brass band with an impressive repertoire of performances, are among the finalists for the Riders’ Choice Awards ( Photo: Brass Queens Twitter ) Resounding Triumph: All-Female Band ‘Brass Queens’ Wins Inaugural Riders’ Choice Awards Call it the Grammys for subway buskers—the first-ever Riders’ Choice Award is here. Voting closed Wednesday with the all-female... News 28 Jul 2023 | 01:45
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
The MTA Twitter account will no longer share real-time service alerts. Photo: Twitter. MTA Service Alerts No Longer Available On Twitter The MTA service alerts that told straphangers about current delays are no more, the transit agency announced on Thursday,... News 28 Apr 2023 | 12:23
The 8th Avenue L stop was among the first subway stations to benefit from the MTA’s new refurbishment program. Photo: Flickr. 8th Ave L Among Stations that Scored Deep Clean Under New MTA Program The L train stop at the end of the line on Eighth Ave. was one of the 20 stations that the MTA picked for a deep clean and... News 21 Mar 2023 | 04:33
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber (center) and LIRR Interim President Catherine Rinaldi (back to camera) visited the LIRR’s Central Control operations in Jamaica on March 1, as complaints about the new operation and schedules mounted. Photo: MTA Chaotic Start to New LIRR Service to Grand Central Madison, MTA Acknowledges The first few days of the new LIRR service to and from Grand Central Madison have gone less than smoothly, with constantly... News 06 Mar 2023 | 12:05
Day 1 of Grand Central Madison Saw Uptick in Commuters but Unexpected Problems on Day 2 On the first full day of commuter traffic to Grand Central Madison, the Long Island Railroad said there was an overall uptick... Home 28 Feb 2023 | 10:31
Mayor Bill de Blasio at a briefing at City Hall on Monday, August 2, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. Vaccines, Masks and Mandates When in doubt, wear a mask, even if you are vaccinated. But under no conditions, let the need to wear a mask distract you... News 03 Aug 2021 | 01:06
At the MTA Turnstyle reopenig on Oct. 14. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit Turnstyle Underground Retail Hub Reopens The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced the reopening of Turnstyle – the collection of small businesses... News 15 Oct 2020 | 11:11
Interim President of NYC Transit Sarah Feinberg speaks at press briefing Tuesday. Photo via YouTube. Fares Returning for Buses At the end of the month, city buses will start to collect fares once again in the midst of a $16 billion budget shortfall,... News 21 Aug 2020 | 11:16
Governor Cuomo tours L Train tunnel and shows improvements made ahead of schedule and on budget on September 29, 2019. ( Photo: Darren McGee / Office of Governor Cuomo) Who Runs the Transit System? Once upon a time in the Great City, Hugh L. Carey, one of New York’s best modern governors, and certainly its most underrated,... News 31 Jan 2020 | 01:46
The Winnie the Pooh dolls at the Donnell Library as displayed on thewall panels of the MTA's "Art Stop" at the Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street station. The dolls moved out in 2008 when the library was closed prior to its demolition in 2011. ( Photo: Douglas Feiden) The Museum of Lost Museums For better or worse, the latest territorial expansion of one museum on West 53rd Street could never have been accomplished... News 11 Nov 2019 | 05:41
Save the Nabes from Busway Invasion! And we are talking about, no, railing against, the tunnel vision that turned 14th Street into a busway. The tunnel vision... Voices 18 Oct 2019 | 03:03
A DOT plan to reconfigure 14th Street into a busway has met with resistance from some neighborhood groups..Image: NYC DOT/MTA Back and forth on 14th Street By Emily Higginbotham Just as the city’s 14th Street busway pilot program that aims to prioritize public transit over motorists... News 12 Aug 2019 | 04:50
