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Council Speaker Corey Johnson kicks off five-day, five-borough tour of NYC...
Via City Council Speaker Corey Johnson On Monday, Corey Johnson, the speaker of the New York City Council and Acting Public Advocate, kicked off a five-day tour of the city’s subway system. Johnson,...
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Bronx icons radiate light in Rico Gatson’s murals at reopened 167th Street...
Beacons (2018) © Rico Gaston, NYCT 167th Street Station. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design. Audre Lorde portrait derived from a photo by Jack Mitchell A series of bright mosaic murals created by...
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Cuomo’s new L train plan will still bring headaches for commuters, as leaked...
Image via Governor Cuomo’s Flickr With Governor Cuomo’s plan to avoid a total L train shutdown for 15 months in favor of a “nights and weekends” approach confirmed earlier this month, questions still...
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Overnight and weekend L train closures will last through March
Image via Flickr Beginning on Monday, the MTA is planning a series of overnight and weekend interruptions of L train service that will give commuters a glimpse at what’s to come when Governor Cuomo’s...
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TransitCenter maps out the next 50 subway stations that should be made...
Photo via Flickr cc Roughly 75 percent of New York City’s 472 subway stations are not accessible–a fact that has long plagued disability advocates but has now taken on a more pressing call to action...
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NYC has fewer accessible subway stations than MTA claims, report says
Photo via Flickr The Metropolitan Transportation Authority currently claims that 114 of its 427 stations—or 24 percent—are accessible. But a new study led by Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer’s...
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Subway riders could save up to 9 days a year under the MTA’s Fast Forward plan
Photo via Dan Phiffer on Flickr Last May, 6sqft reported on the release of the MTA’s ambitious 10-year “Fast Forward” plan to modernize New York City’s transit system featuring a state-of-the-art...
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No weeknight service on parts of the B and D lines in the Bronx for three weeks
Photo via Flickr cc Bronx residents who ride the B and D lines, take note: beginning today and lasting for three weeks, maintenance, cleaning, and repair work will cause the MTA to close stations...
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Pols suggest R train be split to save Brooklyn riders from Manhattan delays
A few Brooklyn elected officials asked the MTA to halt half of R subway service at Court Street, with Queens-Manhattan service covering the Whitehall and 71st Avenue stations on the other half, in the...
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Delays, disruptions, and despair: Nearly every subway line to see service...
Image via Flickr This week’s slate of planned subway service changes rivals the weekend’s—and maybe even exceeds it. Service on parts of the B and D will continue to end early, 5 service between E 180...
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MTA touts subway improvements as more service disruptions lie in wait
Via Colin Mutchler on Flickr The subway has seen its best on-time performance and the fewest number of delays across the system in four years, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced on...
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Cuomo and de Blasio endorse congestion pricing and reorganization of MTA
Via Flickr Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio endorsed congestion pricing and a proposal to reorganize the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in a joint 10-point plan released on Tuesday....
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Some NYC subway newsstands will be replaced by vending machines
Via Jens Schott Knudsen on Flickr The magazine-stuffed and candy-filled newsstands found across New York City’s subway system may soon be a thing of the past. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority...
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Does the subway ‘Pizza Principle’ still hold?
Image via Flickr For decades some New Yorkers have believed that the price of subway fares and pizza slices are linked. Known as the “Pizza Principle,” the economic theory/urban legend tries to account...
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City will expand Fair Fares program to all eligible New Yorkers by 2020
Image via Flickr After facing criticism for the delayed and limited roll-out of Fair Fares, Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Johnson have announced plans to expand the program. Starting this...
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Corey Johnson proposes new city-controlled transit system called Big Apple...
Via City Council Speaker Corey Johnson In a self-proclaimed atypical State of the City address, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson on Tuesday laid out his vision for city control over New York City’s...
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Judge rules MTA must provide elevators in all stations it renovates
Photo via Flickr On Wednesday U.S. District Court Judge Edgardo Ramos ruled that the MTA was in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act for failing to install elevators when it renovated a...
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Ride to the Yankees home opener on a 102-year-old subway train
Photo courtesy of the New York Transit Museum Baseball fans headed to the New York Yankees home opener this week can arrive in the Bronx via a transportation method almost as old as the team itself....
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Study for Utica Avenue subway extension launches four years after city...
Photo via Flickr A study examining the feasibility of extending Brooklyn’s Utica Avenue subway line has finally launched, NY1 reported. As part of the Utica Avenue Transit Improvement Study, the...
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MTA’s new tap-to-pay system begins replacing MetroCards today
Photo via Google Before you get too distraught–you’ll still be able to swipe (and “swipe again”) your MetroCard until 2023. But for those techier New Yorkers, as of noon today, you’ll be able to take...
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