MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber (center) and LIRR Interim President Catherine Rinaldi (back to camera) visited the LIRR’s Central Control operations in Jamaica on March 1, as complaints about the new operation and schedules mounted. Photo: MTA Chaotic Start to New LIRR Service to Grand Central Madison, MTA Acknowledges The first few days of the new LIRR service to and from Grand Central Madison have gone less than smoothly, with constantly... News 06 Mar 2023 | 12:05
Grand Central Madison as it prepared to open in late December. Photo: Mosaic. (Marc A. Hermann / MTA) ( Marc A. Hermann / Metropolitan Transportation Authority) LIRR to Begin Full Service to Grand Central Madison on Feb. 27th with 296 Trains Daily The much delayed full service Long Island Railroad at the new Grand Central Madison terminal will begin on Feb. 27, the MTA... News 13 Feb 2023 | 11:08
Governor Kathy Hochul steps off the Long Island Rail Road into the brand new Grand Central Madison Terminal after the inaugural, 17 minute ride on Jan. 25 from Jamaica. She called the new East Side Access terminal a “major milestone” for mass transit. Photo: Gov. Kathy Hochul Twitter. LIRR’S Much Delayed $11.2B East Side Terminal Finally Opens After years of delays, the first Long Island Railroad (LIRR) passenger trains connecting to the brand new Grand Central Madison... Home 27 Jan 2023 | 01:52
Manhattan’s Central Business District, where drivers will be subject to new tolls. Map via the MTA A Congestion Pricing Primer Excessive traffic may become little more than a distant memory in much of Manhattan, if congestion pricing plans prove to... News 26 Oct 2022 | 03:54
Governor Kathy Hochul announces on Tuesday, May 31 that the East Side Access project from Long Island to Grand Central would open before the end of the year. With Rep. Carolyn Maloney (left), who was instrumental in obtaining federal funding for the project. Photo: Ralph Spielman Introducing Grand Central Madison In a press conference on Tuesday morning, held in the almost-completed 700,000-square-foot Long Island Rail Road terminal... News 02 Jun 2022 | 10:19
A brand new entrance at Times Square will benefit many subway riders. From here, accessible direct access is available to the Times Square Shuttle via a brand-new state of the art elevator. Photo: Ralph Spielman A New Entrance to the City’s Busiest Subway Station With a fully accessible ADA-compliant MTA Times Square Shuttle, a much-needed link in the revitalized facility opened on... Home 18 May 2022 | 11:30
Left to right, front row: Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; Janno Lieber, acting chair of the MTA; Rep. Carolyn Maloney; and Governor Kathy Hochul during tour of the Second Avenue tunnel on Nov. 23, 2021. Photo: Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of the Governor ( Kevin P. Coughlin / Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of th) A Tunnel Tour With Hochul Congress and President Biden have signed off on spending a trillion dollars on construction and reconstruction of, as they... News 26 Nov 2021 | 05:31
Screenshot of video of 28th Street 6 line subway on Wednesday night, by Aleksander Milch, via Mark D. Levine on Twitter. After the Storm The remnants of Hurricane Ida inundated large swaths of the northeastern U.S. with historic and unanticipated fury Wednesday... Home 03 Sep 2021 | 11:42
