MTA sets its sights on strikes (and more)
Take teacher strikes. Local unions bargaining for better wages and benefits like those the MTA is pedaling on Beacon Hill ...
Commercial Observer4h
The MTA’s Capital Plan Remains Held at the Station as Major Funding Gap Grows
The $68.4 billion capital improvement plan, even with congestion pricing starting up in the new year, was still short by ...
Gothamist1d
A state of collapse: How the MTA put riders on the fast track to ruin
The city’s subways aren’t just on the brink of collapse — the breakdown of the aging system has already begun.
Ex-MTA CEO to head agency building $16B Gateway rail tunnel, sources say
A former New York MTA CEO is being tapped to lead the agency building the $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel under the Hudson ...
Crain's New York1d
MTA advances Second Avenue subway expansion
The latest phase of the Second Avenue project is expected to cost a total of $7.7 billion, including a $3.4 billion grant ...
The Bond Buyer1d
MTA set to debut bonds backed by real estate transfer tax
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority is set to offer its first bonds backed by its real estate transfer tax.
Four-month subway shutdown to Rockaways starts this week to repair lingering Sandy impacts
A major winter subway improvement project is set to begin this week, with the MTA shuttering service on the Rockaway Line for ...
Mass Transit1d
MTA invests in 265 new zero-emission buses
The new 40-foot buses will help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through lightweight electric traction drive systems.