The payroll for the bloated bi-state agency that runs the three airports, the bus terminal and six bridges and tunnels saw the number of employees making six-figure salaries soar by 205 in 2008. Some executives received 20 percent raises, even as the authority increased tolls and bungled World Trade Center construction. Last year, the agency [...]
The Second Avenue subway project has reportedly been delayed at least a year. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is releasing a review Wednesday of the project on Manhattan’s East Side. According to The New York Times, the MTA doesn’t expect to finish the first segment of the project until at least July 2016. The projected completion [...]
Sources tell NY1 Governor David Paterson will nominate Transit Executive Jay Walder as the new MTA chairman Tuesday. Walder has worked for the agency for more than 10 years, working his way up to executive director before going to work for London’s system. The State Senate would have to approve the appointment. Helena Williams is [...]
Selling the name of a subway station has been a goal of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for nearly five years. But interest has been low, even for a piece of real estate so recognizable to the public. So it was with surprisingly little fanfare that the authority announced on Monday that it had finally found [...]
A federal judge ruled Monday that the city can’t force cabbies to go green. The judge says the city’s efforts to only allow cab owners to buy hybrid cars is prevented by federal law. Last year, the same judge blocked other plans by the city to make the entire taxi fleet green by 2012. The [...]
Fares are going up tomorrow on Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North trains. Ticket prices are set to go up about 10 percent. The hike affects all ticket prices in all fare zones. New subway and bus fares are set to take effect June 28th. For more information on the fare increases, go to MTA.info. [...]
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board officially rolled back its previously adopted transit service cuts Wednesday, and also confirmed Long Island Rail Road president Helena Williams as the MTA’s new interim chief. To help close an unprecedented $1.2-billion budget gap, the board earlier this year approved widespread cuts in service throughout the MTA, including the reduction [...]
The Fulton Street Transit Center will be five years late and will cost nearly double its original budget, but now the project finally has a deadline that MTA officials Wednesday insisted they can keep. Work on the $1.4 billion project, which promises to smooth transfers between nine subway lines and provide a new connection to [...]
The board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has an unusual meeting on Monday. The board is holding a vote on reducing the package of fare and toll increases approved in March. That vote comes after the state Legislature approved a $2.26 billion bailout of the city’s mass transit system. The bailout package allows the MTA [...]
MTA Chief Executive Elliot “Lee” Sander announced Thursday he is stepping down from his position, just one day after lawmakers in Albany approved a bailout for the cash-strapped agency. The agency said Sander submitted his letter of resignation (full version below) during a meeting with Governor David Paterson’s first deputy secretary, Larry Schwartz. His resignation [...]
