MTA banned from using facial recognition to enforce fare evasion
[ad_1] A sign at Madison Square Garden indicating facial recognition is in use. A new law restricts the MTA from using the technology in fare...
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MTA plans to turn on congestion pricing tolls June 30
[ad_1] The MTA's congestion pricing program has a base fare of $15 for drivers south of 60th Street in Manhattan. The MTA hopes to start...
NYC to get a boost in bus service, but pilot program for free routes ends
[ad_1] Funding in the state budget adds more frequent runs to some routes across the five boroughs, but lawmakers also ended a pilot that offered...
Staten Island councilmember calls on MTA to install more OMNY machines
[ad_1] A person swipes in with a Metrocard at a turnstile outfitted with an OMNY touchpad at the Columbus Circle – 59th Street subway station....
MTA struggled to answer questions about congestion pricing tolls 5 years in the making
[ad_1] A congestion pricing toll reader at the Queensboro Bridge. The MTA had difficulty saying whether drivers on the Brooklyn Bridge would be tolled if...
The O’Hare rebuild is mired in negotiations and potential changes. Here’s how another airport finished construction.
[ad_1] A few years before Chicago reached an agreement with the city’s airlines to overhaul O’Hare International Airport, New York officials jump-started a rebuild of...
Announcements, maps and signs: Manhattan BP presses MTA to improve restroom accessibility
[ad_1] A blurred person walking out of a subway station in Manhattan with a train leaving on the background. Mark Levine says some subway bathrooms...
Illinois Senate OK’s legislation over CTA Yellow Line crash
[ad_1] Following a serious collision last year between a Chicago Transit Authority train and a snowplow near the city’s border with Evanston, the Illinois Senate...
Dream of downtown 2nd Avenue subway once again denied
[ad_1] The Second Avenue Subway's phase two tunnel, November 23, 2021 The MTA and Gov. Kathy Hochul plan to extend the Second Avenue subway west...
The MTA denied Muslim bus drivers a day off for Eid. They might walk off the job.
[ad_1] A B63 bus, which is one of the routes served by the Jackie Gleason Bus Depot. A Transport Workers Union official said he advised...