Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Archives

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“This July is one of the most critical months in Penn Station’s 113-year history. Madison Square Garden’s lease over the station is up this month, and the Garden’s management is…

ByCharles Lauster 1Comment

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Feb 2023

Government Opinion Politics Transportation

Opinion: MTA Must Reinstate the Mask Mandate on Access-A-Ride

“With the mask mandate lifted, Access-A-Ride users face the unimaginable choice between risking their lives to simply get where they need to get or going back to isolating themselves in…

ByRuth Lowenkron

BySharon McLennon Wier 2Comments

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Aug 2022

Economy Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Transit Riders Won Congestion Pricing. We Deserve To See It Happen

“With years of work, riders pried congestion pricing from a recalcitrant Albany. We intend to see the program fully and fairly rolled out next year. When congestion pricing is implemented,…

ByDanny Pearlstein 9Comments

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Jul 2021

Housing and Homelessness Transportation

Bronx Residents—And a Developer—Weigh in on What Future Metro-North Stations Might Bring

The MTA will add four new Metro North stations to the East Bronx as part of its Penn Station Access Initiative. The Department of City Planning is researching the best…

ByGriffin Kelly 10Comments

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Oct 2018

Uncategorized

City’s ‘Super Commuters’ Could Shave Hours Off Bus Rides Under Congestion Pricing, Report Says

Riders Alliance analyzed how congestion pricing would impact commutes for express bus riders, and found it would shorten start-to-end trip times on 39 express bus routes in Brooklyn and Queens…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Investigations

Unlikely Key to NY's Mass Transit Hopes: The Automobile?

A new toll proposal reflects transit truths: Many drivers have few transit options, many subway lines couldn’t handle large numbers of drivers who gave up their cars, and toll revenue…

ByF. T. Green 0Comments

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Jun 2011

Government

Life In A Livery Cab

Yellow cab drivers and owners were outspoken on both sides of the debate over a plan to permit outer-borough street hails. What do the livery drivers who now prowl those…

ByKeldy Ortiz 0Comments

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May 2011

Uncategorized

Who's Afraid Of The Prospect Park West Bike Lane?

Watch City Limits’ environment and transit correspondent Jake Mooney discuss what he found when he looked into the controversy over a Brooklyn bike lane.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2011

Government Housing and Homelessness

Federal Funds Have City Planners Eyeing East New York, Bronx

A federal planning grant to be shared among several governments on either side of the New York-Connecticut border aims for transit-oriented development.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2010

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness