Hurricane Ida's heavy rain caused record-setting flooding in New York City that took the lives of eight people, including a two-year-old boy.
Female workers of the New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority tell stories of discrimination and neglect they experienced after becoming pregnant.
Olusedun Alale, 51, said he had a change of heart over his actions after the incident was taped during his Brooklyn bus route on Saturday.
Four Black and Hispanic NYPD officers unveiled startling accusations as part of a discrimination lawsuit filed against one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the United States.
(Wall Street Journal) — Toll and fare increases take effect across the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s system Thursday, but they won’t solve the agency’s deep fiscal problems. The agency is aiming to up the revenue it receives from fares and tolls by 7.5%. To do that, it is implementing a set of increases that vary in […]
(Crain’s) — After a year of service cuts, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority says no more. “I think we’ve heard the voice of the people,” said Jay Walder, the MTA chief executive, speaking Wednesday morning at a Crain’s breakfast forum. “Our intent is not to cut those services any further.” Fare hikes are another matter. Last month, […]
(NYT) — It has been hailed as the next generation of New York City public transport: a European-style rapid-transit bus system that operates in exclusive traffic lanes and requires passengers to buy tickets from sidewalk kiosks so trips will not be delayed by a single rider struggling for exact change. But progress, particularly in thetransportation […]
(Crain’s) — The city’s paratransit bus schedules are being disrupted with the closing of two companies that provide transportation for disabled passengers. Starting this month and continuing through year’s end, Maspeth, Queens-based Atlantic Paratrans of NYC Inc. will steadily lay off all of its 610 employees, and Progress Transit Inc. of Mill Basin, Brooklyn, will […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Metra, Pace and the CTA have paid a total of more than $60,000 to a monthly newspaper run by a member of the RTA board, which funds and helps regulate the public transit agencies, records and interviews show. Beside being on the RTA board, the Rev. Tyrone Crider also publishes the […]
(NYT) — Get ready for a new kind of subway series. Just don’t expect to see the Yankees going glove-to-glove with the Mets. Televisions, in the form of 10-inch video screens, made their debut in the New York City subway system on Tuesday, providing a vivid contrast to the usual static advertisements familiar to most […]
(Crain’s) — The Taxi & Limousine Commission thought it was doing New Yorkers a favor when it authorized dollar vans to drive along five bus routes eliminated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority earlier this summer. But if those vans aren’t equipped with wheelchair lifts, advocates for the disabled plan to sue the commission to stop […]
(NYT) — Before the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board pushed ahead a plan on Wednesday to raise fares next year, there were the familiar laments laced with indignation from riders and their advocates. But there was at least one point of consensus in the boardroom: With the state facing record deficits, a bailout from Albany or City […]