Buckle up, Brooklyn commuters: it’s going to be a longer, warmer and more expensive ride for some this summer. The infamous G train summer shutdown slated to modernize Depression-era signals and speed up train service has, in the meantime, spurred even longer travel times, as well as sometimes costly alternative modes of transit for its … Read more
The head of the Transportation Workers Union excoriated MTA boss Janno Lieber as treating the city’s congestion-pricing scheme as a “thinly veiled” cash cow for the agency. TWU International President John Samuelsen, a member of the Traffic Mobility Review Board assigned to set congestion pricing fees and exemptions, bashed the MTA chairman as being “laser-focused” … Read more
Scientists have found “alarmingly high” concentrations of potentially toxic particles in the air in New York City subway stations. New York University researchers surveyed 271 platforms in December 2021 and found levels of airborne iron particles were a staggering 126 times more than the outdoor average, according to a paper published last month in the … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that the Big Apple will spend $35 million to help convert unused train tracks in Queens into a park — a plan critics say could prevent restoring transit service to the area. The funds will pay for the design and construction of the first phase of the estimated $150 million … Read more