The current Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden (above) will be torn down under a new overhaul plan for Penn Station. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly ) Halmar Tapped by Amtrak for $8 Billion Penn Station Redo; MSG Won’t Have to Move The Trump administration announced that it will rebuild Penn Station with Madison Square Garden remaining on top, but reclad... News 21 May 2026 | 10:53
Train traffic moving through Sunnyside Yard on May 19, 2026 prior to the planned noon resumption that day of Long Island Rail Road service after a three-day strike. ( PHOTO: Marc A. Hermann/MTA) Long Island Rail Road Back on Track after Three Day Strike After 72 hours it was all over; the strike came to a formal end after negotiations were concluded around 8 p.m. on May 18,... News 20 May 2026 | 09:15
Strikers on picket lines outside Penn Station on May 17, the second day of the strike ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Long Island Rail Road Strike Over: Ends After Three Days For the first time in 32 years, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) the busiest passenger line in the country, went on strike... News 18 May 2026 | 03:09
One of the proposed redesigns for Penn Station by ASTM North America, a company that is vying to be the master developer of the project for the station’s owner, Amtrak and the federal government. ( Rendering: ASTM North America) Penn Collision: Amtrak/Feds on Different Track than MTA/LIRR Amtrak and the Trump administration, powering forward on multi-billion dollar plans to rebuild Penn Station, appear to be... News 26 Mar 2026 | 06:24
For the new NYC Subway train order, which will see RFPs available on September 8, the current R211 trains, first operated in 2023, will be looked at for design and service issues that have cropped up in the last three years. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) MTA Unveils Largest Subway Car Order Ever, Costing Billions Is your daily ride subway train suffering the indignities of just getting old? Up to one third of the cars currently rolling... News 26 Mar 2026 | 12:31
The congestion pricing tolls remain active after federal district court judge ruled the Trump Administration’s efforts to end the toll were unlawful. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Congestion Pricing Stays: Judge Rules Trump Admin Effort to End It Was Illegal Congestion pricing will live on following a federal judge’s ruling that the bid by Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean... News 07 Mar 2026 | 01:08
NYC Transit president Demetrius Crichlow, donning an orange safety vest at the Mother Hale Bus Depot, helped out on National Transit Employee Appreciation Day March 18, by changing a bus’s broken mirror, under the guidance of a Hale Bus Depot mechanic. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Wild Week for Mass Transit It was a whip saw week for NYC Transit, rosy optimism at mid-week and gathering storm clouds–all within one 24-hour period.... News 20 Mar 2025 | 12:01
MTA Chairman Janno Lieber was taking a victory lap at a hastily called news conference on Jan. 3 after a judge refused to grant a request for an injunction to halt the imposition of the congestion pricing toll. It started as scheduled on Jan. 5. ( Photo: MTA via YouTube) Congestion Pricing Begins; Firefighter Unions Blast it Anew, NJ Vows to Continue Fight Motorists were paying more to get into Manhattan below 60th St. starting on Jan. 5 after New Jersey lost its last ditch appeal... News 06 Jan 2025 | 03:53
The MTA wants to buy 435 more of the subway cars known as the R211s. Pictured here is the inaugural ride of the first R211A subway to enter customer service, from 207 St on the A line on Friday, Mar 10, 2023, taken at 145th Street in Manhattan. As of 2027, there were be 1610 Kawasaki-built R211s, including the open-gangway cars, the single unit R211A as pictured here. ( Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA) Cameras Will be in 435 New Subway Cars that MTA Wants to Buy for $1.27B–But Only If New Budget Gets OK The good news: at its last board meeting of 2024, the MTA tentatively approved a $1.27 billion contract to purchase 435 new... News 03 Jan 2025 | 01:35
Governor Kathy Hochul (left) chats with local lawmakers including Assembly members Tony Simone (rear) and Linda Rosenthal and NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal after the Nov. 14 announcement that she is “unpausing” congestion pricing toll. All three lawmakers are supportive of the toll that Houchul plans to start on Jan. 5. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Hochul “Unpauses” Congestion Pricing; Seeks to Start Jan. 5 with $9 Toll It is a race against time as Governor Kathy Hochul unpaused congestion pricing tolls below 60th St in Manhattan, setting... News 16 Nov 2024 | 05:52
