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How does the MTA deal with snowstorms? Jet engine powered snow blowers
A jet snow thrower in action via MTA’s Flickr With a forecast of up to 18 inches of snow, Winter Storm Gail is expected to bring more snow to New York City this week than the five boroughs saw all of...
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Jerry Seinfeld, Fran Lebowitz among celebs making new COVID PSAs on the subway
Photo by Jenna Day on Unsplash Jerry Seinfeld, Edie Falco, Cam’ron, Debbie Mazar, Whoopie Goldberg, Fran Lebowitz–these are just a few of the 25 New York celebrities whose voices were recorded by the...
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NYC subway to restore some overnight service
Photo: Patrick Cashin / MTA New York City Transit Overnight subway service in New York City will partially resume this month following more than nine months of closure. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the...
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MTA predicts ‘new normal’ ridership by 2024 that may be 80% of pre-pandemic...
Photo by Joey via Flickr cc With New York City having fully vaccinated more than 450,000 people and a vaccine surge expected by April, it’s all too easy to start envisioning the good-old-days. But many...
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NYC’s live subway map now includes COVID-19 vaccination sites
Courtesy of the MTA Coronavirus vaccination sites located across New York City have been added to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s digital subway map, helping straphangers find the easiest...
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Most capacity restrictions to be lifted in New York on May 19
Via Public Domain Most state-mandated capacity restrictions in New York will be lifted on May 19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday. According to the governor, this means restaurants, stores,...
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Vaccines coming to Grand Central, Penn Station, and more subway and train...
almost 2.2 million subway trips Photo by Stephen H on Unsplash With vaccination rates declining, the state is continuing to come up with incentives for New Yorkers to get the shot, from free Yankees...
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24/7 subway service resumes in New York City
NYC Transit employees remove overnight closure signs. Courtesy of MTA on Flickr New York City’s subway system resumed 24-hour service on Monday for the first time in over a year. Last May, Gov. Andrew...
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Live performances return to the subway as part of ‘Music Under New York’ program
Photo: Patrick Carey/ MTA on Flickr It’s music to our ears. Live music will return to subway platforms across the city next month as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s “Music Under...
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In 2020, NYC subway saw a billion fewer total trips than year prior
Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit on Flickr Roughly a billion fewer passengers entered the New York City subway system in 2020 than in 2019, according to new data released this week...
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First new futuristic subway cars arrive in NYC for testing
All photos: Marc A. Hermann / MTA on Flickr The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday unveiled the first batch of subway cars of a brand new fleet that will serve passengers starting next...
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NYC’s first subway was a pneumatic tube that moved passengers one block
Image via Rawpixel/ Wikimedia Commons Nearly 150 years ago, something quite momentous happened in New York history: the first subway line was opened to the public. The system was the invention of...
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Hurricane Ida brings historic flash flooding across NYC, second record...
Photo courtesy of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Office on Flickr Less than two weeks ago, New York City experienced the most rainfall ever recorded in a single hour with 1.94 inches documented in Central Park...
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Colorful ‘Soundsuits’ mosaics by Nick Cave revealed at 42nd Street Shuttle...
All photos © Dana Schulz for 6sqft Artist Nick Cave is best known for his Soundsuits, wearable sculptures made of natural materials like dyed human hair and feathers that make noise when worn. For his...
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MTA unveils colorful new subway mosaics at Bedford and 1st Avenue L train...
© Marcel Dzama, NYC Transit Bedford Avenue Station. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design. Photo: MTA Arts & Design/ Kris Graves. This week, the MTA unveiled two new mosaic series at the 1st Avenue...
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NYC subway ridership topped 3.2 million riders in one day for the first time...
Photo by Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit on Flickr For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the New York City subway saw over 3.2 million riders in one day. Gov. Kathy Hochul...
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What it was like the day the NYC subway opened in 1904
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. “City Hall Subway Station, New York” The New York Public Library Digital...
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Ride NYC’s oldest operating subway cars one last time before the MTA retires...
Photo of an R32 subway car by Mtattrain on Wikimedia The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is set to retire the R-32, one of the oldest operating subway cars in the world, in early 2022. The R-32...
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Pop-up Covid testing sites to open at NYC subway stations
Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit on Flickr New York is opening pop-up coronavirus testing sites at two Manhattan subway stations next week as the demand for tests skyrockets along...
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Hochul announces 14-mile-long ‘Interborough Express,’ connecting Bay Ridge to...
Image courtesy of the MTA After decades of speculation and discarded plans, better train access could be on the way for New Yorkers living in Queens and Brooklyn. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday...
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