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Newsby StaffFebruary 26, 2019

MTA subway performance improving, officials call for congestion pricing

The MTA is in a dire financial position, officials say, with an operating budget deficit of approximately $500M as early as 2020.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 13, 2019

Report says NY MTA misled public for years about subway delays

MTA said "report is more history and politics than news, focusing on rejected practices of the past while glossing over recent reforms."

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Newsby StaffJanuary 23, 2019

New York MTA logs lowest crime rate in agency's history

MTA Police Department attributes the 20-year crime low to an important shift in its policing practices.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 9, 2019

MTA averts L Train shutdown to repair Superstorm Sandy damage

The massive reconstruction work, announced in 2016, called for a full closure of the tunnel for 18 months.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 7, 2019

NJ TRANSIT taps new chief of rail operations

Raymond P. Kenny has nearly 50 years of railroad industry experience, including as former acting president of the MTA LIRR.

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Newsby StaffDecember 7, 2018

Fake MTA account suspended by Twitter after tweet goes viral

The tweet, which earned at least 3,000 retweets, announced delays on the “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,A,C,E,B,D,F,M,J,Z,N,Q,R,W, and G” trains.

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Newsby StaffNovember 29, 2018

Boingo wins wireless rights for 2 NY MTA projects

Will equip Long Island Rail Road Atlantic Branch and Grand Central Terminal East Side Access facility. 

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Newsby StaffNovember 13, 2018

NY MTA to buy Grand Central, Harlem, and Hudson Lines for $35M

“We had to exercise the option to purchase or remain a tenant for another 270-plus years."

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Newsby StaffNovember 9, 2018

Virgin Hyperloop One taps former NY MTA chief Walder as CEO

Company focus begins with implementation of the world’s first hyperloop system running from Pune to Mumbai in India.

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Newsby StaffNovember 9, 2018

NY MTA Chairman Lhota resigns

Fernando Ferrer, the MTA's current vice chairman, will become the acting chairman.

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