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Mta
getting around
Dec. 16, 2021
OMNY Fare Cap Gives Everyone an Unlimited Pass
Once you’ve spent $33, you ride free ’til the next week.
By
Valeria Ricciulli
getting around
Dec. 9, 2021
MTA Workers on Being Lured Back From Retirement
Faced with a labor shortage, the agency is calling in the reserves.
By
Valeria Ricciulli
infrastructure bill
Nov. 15, 2021
Infrastructure Bill Spares New Yorkers From MTA Fare Hikes for Now
Governor Kathy Hochul said that billions in federal funding means that fare increases are suspended and service cuts are “off the table.”
By
Matt Stieb
getting around
Oct. 1, 2021
This Is the OMNY Card, and You Might Be Able to Buy One Today
But not in the subway (yet).
By
Christopher Bonanos
congestion pricing
Aug. 26, 2021
What It Will Take for Kathy Hochul to Get New York’s Congestion Pricing Right
Looking to other cities for good ideas and potential pitfalls.
By
Alissa Walker
andrew cuomo resignation
Aug. 11, 2021
We Just Got a Reprieve From Cuomo’s Worst Transit Ideas
So we might not get stuck with that LGA AirTrain anymore.
By
Alissa Walker
benchgate
July 14, 2021
Are We Ever Going to Get a Place to Sit Down in Moynihan Station?
The corporation behind the Penn Station expansion says more seating is coming.
By
Diana Budds
getting around
Apr. 29, 2021
The Man in the MTA’s Money Room
Armored cars, pocketless uniforms, coin-sucking vacuums: Al Putre, who counts $1.5 billion a year, lets us inside.
By
Christopher Bonanos
help is on the way
Mar. 11, 2021
What Is New York City Getting From the American Rescue Plan?
A much-needed $6.5 billion for the MTA and another $6 billion in direct fiscal relief to the city.
By
Alissa Walker
congestion pricing
Feb. 23, 2021
Secretary Pete Is Already Coming Through for New York City on Congestion Pricing
Federal approval is finally coming for the MTA-funding traffic-reducing program.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Feb. 16, 2021
A Q.A. Q&A: Quemuel Arroyo, the MTA’s New Accessibility Chief
The agency’s first CAO says he hears a lot of support within the MTA, but “I need to make a cultural shift here.”
By
Justin Davidson
bad air
Feb. 16, 2021
Maybe You Should’ve Been Wearing a Mask in the Subway All Along
Air pollution at some stations is so bad that it’s like inhaling wildfire smoke.
By
Alissa Walker
distancing
Dec. 8, 2020
New Yorkers’ Standoffish Subway Behavior Primed Us for a Pandemic
“The typical New York subway rider doesn’t interact with other riders. There’s a culture of avoiding eye contact.”
By
Alissa Walker
transit
Oct. 20, 2020
First Look: New York’s Digital Subway Map Comes Alive Today
And, almost incidentally, it resolves a five-decade fight for graphics supremacy.
By
Christopher Bonanos