Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Queens Midtown Tunnel Flooding (credit: MTA)

Partial Weekend Queens-Midtown Tunnel Closure In Effect As Sandy-Related Repairs Are Made

One tube of the tunnel was shut down at 2 a.m. on Saturday and will reopen on Monday at 5 a.m. The same closure will take effect again next weekend so repairs can be made.

2013/04/07

New signage installed at South Ferry Station (credit: MTA.info)

Old South Ferry Loop Station Reopened

No. 1 subway trains began running to and from the old South Ferry station Thursday morning. The newer South Ferry Terminal was heavily damaged in the Oct. 29 storm and extensive repairs are still needed.

2013/04/04

FILE - Passengers wait on a subway platform in NYC. (credit: CBS 2)

Cops: Florida Man Killed By Subway Train At UWS Station

Just after 5 a.m. Thursday, police said Bobby Legrand Guin from Mary Esther, Florida was hit by a northbound local A train at the West 109th Street and Central Park West station.

2013/04/04

Old South Ferry Loop Station To Reopen Thursday Morning

The old loop station will be in operation in time for the morning commute, while the newer terminal continues to undergo extensive repairs.

2013/04/03

Lawsuit: Bosses Were Hostile To Former NYC Transit Worker’s Muslim Faith

A former New York City transit worker filed a lawsuit Wednesday, claiming that he faced “a campaign of hostility” toward his Muslim faith on the job.

2013/04/03

Picture Of Victim Ki-Suck Han, Held By His Widow Dec. 5, 2012 (credit: Rich Lamb/WCBS 880)

Family Of Subway Push Victim Sues MTA For Negligence

The lawsuit filed Friday by the family of Ki-Suck Han seeks unspecified damages stemming from his December 3 death.

2013/03/31

Damage caused by Sandy at the South Ferry station (credit: MTA New York City Transit / David Henly)

$1.4 Billion In Federal Aid Coming For Transit Agencies Hit By Sandy

Federal money has been flowing into the New York Metro area to help transit agencies hit hard by Superstorm Sandy.

2013/03/30

‘Kegels’ Ad Offends Many Long Island Rail Road Riders

“Ladies, admit it. You’re doing kegels right now,” reads the ad for the health and wellness television channel Veria Living. Some commuters said they find the ad offensive and tasteless.

2013/03/21

Transit Advocacy Group Urges MTA To Launch Interactive Technology

The MTA’s Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee released its report Tuesday, saying the mass transit agency needs to share more information to provide riders with better data.

2013/03/19

Floodwaters rush into the Hoboken PATH station during Sandy (credit: Port Authority)

Tri-State Area Transit Agencies Get More Federal Aid

The funds will help the agencies repair and replace equipment damaged in the storm.

2013/03/19

FILE - Passengers crowd onto a bus on First Avenue. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

MTA Announces Expansion Of Real-Time Bus Tracking Service

The days of standing at a bus stop wondering when the next bus is going to show up may be coming to an end.

2013/03/14

MTA Bus (file/Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Driver Slams Into Back Of Bus In Brooklyn, Dies

A 23-year-old Brooklyn man is dead, after his car slammed into the back of an MTA bus in Cypress Hills.

2013/03/11

Flooding damage caused by Sandy at the South Ferry station (credit: MTA New York City Transit / David Henly)

Old South Ferry Subway Station To Reopen

Starting next month, the end of the the line for the 1 train will again be South Ferry.

2013/03/08

MTA To Get $200 Million In Federal Sandy Aid

More than half of the funding – $141.6 million – will go towards the MTA’s New York City Transit operations that were badly damaged in the Oct. 29 storm.

2013/03/07

Robert Ferrari's newsstand at the North White Plains Metro-North Railroad station - March 6, 2013 (credit: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880)

Bidding On Spaces Could Mean Big Changes For Metro-North Station Businesses

Robert Ferrari at the North White Plains station is thinking about a bid on the space where he’s supplied commuters with newspapers and coffee for 23 years.

2013/03/06

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