MTA brass are considering a fare hike as early as this year as they struggle to fill a $750 million budget gap, The Post has learned. Increasing the cost of a ride on subways, buses and commuter rails in 2010 is just one option out of many that officials have put on the table to [...]
Dozens of concerned straphangers headed down to Chelsea Thursday night as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority held its fifth and final public hearing over proposed service cuts. More than 150 people signed up to speak inside the auditorium at Manhattan’s Fashion Institute of Technology. Many who attended were upset with the agency’s plan to get rid [...]
Charles Schumer says the $8 billion in federal stimulus awards for rail projects the White House is announcing Thursday include $151 million for seven projects in New York. Most of the money – $147 million – is for five improvements along the east-west Empire Corridor, including installing a second track and warning devices between Albany and Schenectady, [...]
The MTA has gone 2.0, launching an overhauled Web site Wednesday for the first time in seven years. “Score one for the MTA,” said Gene Russianoff, of the Straphangers Campaign. The site, mta.info, was designed in-house and is far improved, including: • A trip planner and real-time service alerts on the homepage • Data freely [...]
Howard H. Roberts Jr., the avuncular boss of New York City’s buses and subways, resigned Wednesday after a tenure of two and a half years. His departure raised few eyebrows inside the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, where officials had been speculating about Mr. Roberts’s fate for weeks, according to several people familiar with the situation. Mr. [...]
It could be a long day on buses and subways, as transit workers are planning a so-called “Day of Outrage” against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority over contract issues. Rallies are planned for today in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Unofficially, there have been reports that transit workers are planning to slow down service or follow a “work [...]
The city is set to receive $2 million in federal stimulus funds that will be earmarked for greener technology in the subways. Officials say they plan to install wireless control points linked to third rail heaters. The project will allow the heaters to be remotely turned on and off from a central control hub, depending [...]
The MTA wants in on the iPhone application action. The agency is cracking down on computer programmers who use the agency’s travel data for mobile phone applications. The programs, such as StationStops and theNextTrain, allow users to download train schedules to view while they’re underground. Chris Schoenfeld, for example, said he was told to stop [...]
A five-year transportation plan would overhaul New York City’s bus system, launch subway “SmartCards” and expand suburban commuting options. Improvements at 14 subway stations also are part of the $28 billion plan detailed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Proponents hope state lawmakers will hop on board with funding. On the bus system, riders could pay [...]
New York City Transit is cutting about 360 jobs. Metropolitan Transportation Authority leader Howard Roberts says the maintenance, painting and management positions will be eliminated by 2010. The MTA runs the city’s transit system. The agency says it will save $37.7 million. Transit watchdog Gene Russianoff predicts bus and subway riders will feel the effects. [...]
