DOT officials unveil proposals to cap the Cross Bronx Expressway, add more...
Officials unveiled Wednesday a series of proposals to reimagine the Cross Bronx Expressway that would reconnect communities separated decades ago by Robert Moses’ controversial infrastructure projects....
View ArticleNew Transit Museum exhibit celebrates 120 years of what the subway ‘is’
The subway will turn 120 years old this month — and the New York Transit Museum is reflecting on what this milestone means to The Big Apple. The museum in Downtown Brooklyn has launched a new...
View ArticleHundreds of Bronx, Manhattan bus riders sign letter to Mayor Adams demanding...
Hundreds of bus riders from the Bronx and Upper Manhattan have signed an open letter to Mayor Eric Adams demanding the implementation of a busway on Fordham Road after his administration axed plans to...
View ArticleAll tied up: NYC auto traffic at record highs as MTA transit ridership...
The number of people traveling in and out of New York City by car is higher than ever before, even as mass transit ridership continues to lag behind levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, a new...
View ArticleMTA launches ad campaign to showcase workers of transit labor force following...
The MTA has launched a new ad campaign highlighting the 50,000 people that keep New Yorkers moving — a bid to humanize the transit workforce amid a spate of assaults against them. “I Move NY” will...
View ArticleHundreds of Uber, Lyft drivers block Manhattan traffic to protest lockouts by...
Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers blockaded Manhattan traffic Wednesday morning, demanding an end to “lockouts” by Uber and Lyft. The New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) says over 1,000 drivers...
View ArticleBoy in Bronx sucker-punched, stabbed by mask-wearing perp on bus: cops
Police in the Bronx are looking for the suspect who sucker-punched and stabbed a 14-year-old boy on board a bus last week. According to law enforcement sources, the victim was on the Bx8 bus near...
View ArticleMTA officials tout ridership gains but highlight fare evasion concerns, Bronx...
Top MTA and Metro-North officials met recently with local media to tout transit successes — and amplify concerns about fare evasion, especially on buses. MTA CEO and Chair Janno Lieber, NYC Transit...
View ArticleNYC Subway hits 1 billion riders in 2024, on track for a post-pandemic record...
The New York City Subway has logged its billionth rider in 2024, achieving the milestone at a record pace for the post-pandemic era. The MTA admits determining who the billionth rider was isn’t an...
View ArticlePaving the way: AARP New York launching hands-on sidewalk survey to improve...
A major national advocacy group is spearheading a movement to get NYC’s sidewalks in tip-top shape, but it needs some help from concerned citizens to make it happen. AARP New York announced a hands-on...
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