Metropolitan Transportation Authority

George Menduina, vice president of the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Bus Company and head of New York City Transit's bus facilities, recently received the Sloan Public Service Award for his 39 years of service with MTA. Read More »

The New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said this week that it will hold a third community meeting on planned construction work on the Canarsie Tunnel. Read More »

New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) launched another phase of its modernization initiative late last week with the groundbreaking on an upgrade project at the Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) Wantagh Station. Read More »

The New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said recently that Donald Spero has been selected to serve as president of the Bridges and Tunnels Division (B&T). Read More »

The New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will hold public meetings on its reconstruction plan for the Canarsie Tunnel, through which the "L" train provides service between Manhattan and Brooklyn under the East River. Read More »

Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit (MTA NYC) late last week made John O'Grady the new permanent senior vice president of capital program management, a position O’Grady has held on an interim basis since Fred Smith retired last year. Read More »

Fulton Center, a transit hub in New York City, is the first subway station that has ever received a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating, which granted New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) a LEED Silver certification for the station. Read More »

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is celebrating its 16th year in a row with improved rail-car reliability, New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said this week. Read More »

New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials recently approved the last major contract needed for the East Side Access project in Manhattan Caverns. Read More »

The New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority began renovation projects this week on nine subway stations that are part of the Sea Beach N Line, between Eighth Avenue (in Sunset Park) and 86th Street (in Bensonhurst). Read More »

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently laid out his vision to transform and modernize New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) through renovations and technology upgrades in 30 subway stations throughout its system. Read More »

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a plan on Tuesday to expand the Long Island Rail Road to improve commuting quality and attract jobs and businesses to the region. Read More »

The $29-billion Capital Program will finance thousands of new train cars, subway cars, and buses. It also set aside an additional $2.8 billion to improve subway stations, instal countdown clocks at most of the subway stations, and finish the implementation of the Positive Train Control technology on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad. Read More »

MTA Chairman Tom Prendergast, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced that the MTA Capital Program has received funding thanks to an agreement made earlier this month; per the agreement, the State of New York has agreed to offer $8.3 billion to the program, and New York City has promised to offer $2.5 billion. Read More »

MTA New York City Transit recently announced that the MTA Bus Time service will provide its users with a new virtual pocket “countdown clock” that will show bus location information according to distance-based information at any stop throughout the city, which will enable bus riders to see the time that their bus will arrive as well as enable them to plan their trips with better punctuality. Read More »

Regular service has reopened for the Queens Boulevard E subway, M subway, F subway and R subway lines as well as the Downtown 6 subway local located in Lower Manhattan. This service resumed after several weeks of decreased service during rush hour. Read More »

The Hudson commuter rail line, running from New York City to Poughkeepsie, New York, stands to benefit from a recent $20.8 million grant to combat future storm-surge flooding. Read More »

Changes come after numerous train derailments leave public doubting system's safety. Read More »

The New York State Senate approved two bills this week that are aimed at improving the safety of riders using public transportation. S. 3203 would make it a crime for a person to rub sexual or intimate body parts on another person on public transportation. Read More »

Thousands of Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit subway riders were left without transportation after someone stole the copper cable from the "A" line tracks near Howard Beach, Queens. Workers are laboring to restore service on the line soon. The delay caused a domino effect for other travelers throughout the day, and these residual delays will take some time to disappear entirely. Read More »