Tuesday’s Headines: Amtrak Agonistes Edition
The MTA is blaming the national rail system for delays on the Penn Access project. Plus other news.
12:01 AM EDT on October 28, 2025
The big story on Monday was the MTA’s announcement of a delay on the much-needed — and really-not-that-hard-to-do — plan to add four Bronx stations in an existing Amtrak right-of-way to create new Metro-North service to Penn Station via the Hell Gate.
The blame: Squarely on Amtrak … according to the MTA.
Multiple outlets covered the outrage, including the Daily News, the Times, Gothamist, The City and Streetsblog, but oddly not Hell Gate.
In other news from a slow day:
- Meanwhile, the MTA’s delays on the 7 line don’t look good. (amNY)
- Daylight saving is about to end … meaning more crashes. (Gothamist)
- Citi Bike is expanding a bit more into Queens. (NYC DOT)
- You know, New York City could learn a thing or two from the traffic signals in Romania. (Romania Insider)
- There’s a big LIRR outage coming one weekend in November. (amNY)
- And, finally, once again, the New Yorker cover looks at the streetscape:
Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He's also the writer and producer of "Murder at the Food Coop," which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is archived here.
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