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Newsby StaffMarch 25, 2025

MTA C & D Reports $3B Saved in its First 5 Years

The strategic plan traces construction and development's progress since its founding in 2020 and charts a path forward for an ambitious docket of projects to be completed this year.

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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2025

Metro-North, LIRR Mark On-Time Performance Milestones

The first two months of 2025 have seen exceptional service for Metro-North Railroad with an upward trajectory in both ridership and on-time performance, including a 100% on-time performance day across all three train lines earlier this month.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 10, 2025

Long Island Rail Road Celebrates Strongest Year to Date

The railroad’s on-time performance record was 95.65% — the best in its history excluding 2020-22 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2024

Travel Patterns Study Shows Public Transit Volume Still Lagging in New York Region

Created annually and each quarter year since 2002, NYMTC's Travel Patterns Reports measure ridership on buses, rails, subways, and ferries along with the vehicular traffic crossing the area's waterway bridges and tunnels in New York City, Long Island, the Lower Hudson Valley, and Northern New Jersey.

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Newsby StaffJuly 12, 2024

Amtrak Awards East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Contract

The East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project will demolish all existing tunnel systems down to the liner, before completely restoring both tubes that were damaged in 2012.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 5, 2024

APTA Honors Rail Safety, Security Winners at Rail Conference

The awards celebrate the commitment and efforts of public transit agencies and their employees who are dedicated to safeguarding the welfare of passengers, employees, and the communities they serve.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsApril 12, 2024

Long Island Rail Road Names 42nd President

Rob Free has served as LIRR’s acting president for the last six months.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 25, 2024

New York MTA Celebrates Grand Central Madison's Inaugural Year

Grand Central Madison is the largest passenger rail terminal to be built in the country in 67 years.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 14, 2023

MTA Announces Preliminary Investigation Findings of LIRR Derailment

The investigation indicates that the train derailed after traveling eastbound over a switch intended for a straight move that was in fact misaligned for a diverging route.

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MTA Chair/CEO Lieber Throws First Pitch at Mets Game

LIRR Customer Service Ambassador Clifton Jerrick served as catcher, while LIRR Conductor Michael Ackerler was a guest. And of course, Mr. and Mrs. Met were there as well.

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