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Council Members Put Everything But Riders First at ‘Bus Oversight’ Hearing
The Council spent its last bus oversight hearing of its term asking the MTA and city to pull back on bus lane enforcement.
November 14, 2025
Elise Stefanik Wants to Be Governor — Yet Says Nothing About Transit
Elise Stefanik’s campaign launch suggest her intent to use the MTA as a political pawn to stoke fear, not maintain and expand transit.
November 10, 2025
Amtrak’s Dithering Means Penn Access Won’t Be Done Until 2030, MTA Says
Boom: The MTA's ambitious Penn Access project is delayed until 2030 at the earliest ... and Amtrak is to blame, says the MTA.
October 28, 2025
Who’s Your Train Daddy? Penn Station Boss Andy Byford All But Solicits Bribe For Donald Trump
Andy Byford is back in New York to build a shiny new Penn Station, but he's already admitted he's not the guy in charge.
October 22, 2025
More Tantrums: City Halts 34th Street Busway After Threat from Trump DOT
The feds threatened to cut city and state funding if New York doesn't halt all work on the 34th Street busway so the FHWA can review the project.
October 17, 2025
Judge Orders Trump to Restore $34M in Security Funding to MTA
DHS overstepped its authority when it attempted to tie money from the Transit Security Grant Program to the Trump administration's efforts to deport immigrants, Judge Lewis Kaplan said.
October 16, 2025
MONEY TRAIN: How LIRR Unions ‘Game’ The System
An old work rule means that the MTA would have to pay millions of dollars just to provide a little extra service after special events like Mets games or the Ryder Cup. Nolan Hicks dives deep.
October 8, 2025
‘Goddamn Outrageous’: MTA Boss Blames Amtrak For Delaying ‘Penn Access’ Expansion
Janno Lieber lit into Amtrak for delays to Metro-North's Penn Station Access project: "The people in Co-op City are waiting for a goddamn train!"
October 7, 2025
The MTA Is Headed To The Lab To Design The Ridgewood Busway
A filthy private road underneath the elevated M tracks could become a gleaming bus-first corridor.
October 3, 2025
Trump Culture War Tantrum Turns to Gateway Tunnel and Second Ave. Subway
It's the second time the Trump administration has denied New York transit funding in as many days.
October 1, 2025
