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Here’s what will change as the ‘summer of hell’ for commuters begins
Eight weeks of infrastructure repairs at Penn Station officially began Monday, affecting commuters using the Long Island Rail Road, Amtrak and New Jersey Transit. Amtrak will close some of the...
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The Urban Lens: Tour the grimy and crime-ridden subway of 1981
6sqft’s ongoing series The Urban Lens invites photographers to share work exploring a theme or a place within New York City. In this installment, we share a set of vintage photos documenting the NYC...
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MTA considers ban on subway dining; snacking might be ok
After an upper Manhattan track fire this week reminded them that trash catches fire, the Metropolitan Transit Authority is considering limiting the all-too-familiar practice of stuffing one’s face with...
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Cuomo says New York City is responsible for subway system, not the state
Although New York City’s subway is currently in a state of emergency, no government official seems to want to take ownership of the failing transit system. Governor Cuomo and Joseph Lhota, the recently...
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De Blasio urges Cuomo to ‘take responsibility’ for MTA
The ongoing public debate over whether the state or city controls the subway continued this weekend when Mayor de Blasio, riding a Manhattan-bound F train on Sunday, demanded Governor Cuomo “take...
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MTA announces $800M emergency rescue plan for a distressed subway system,...
After months of what has seemed like rapidly accelerating deterioration, scary incidents, complaints and finger-pointing, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority revealed on Tuesday an $800 million...
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Brooklyn politicians want to decriminalize subway turnstile jumping
According to the Daily News, in 2016, roughly 92 percent of persons arrested for fare evasion were people of color, many of whom were also low-income and ended up spending at least one day in jail....
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MTA board members seek an end to routine fare hikes, mulls selling subway...
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority revealed on Tuesday an $800 million emergency rescue plan to fix the city’s failing subway system, which includes hiring 2,700 workers, removing some seats and...
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Cuomo wants to fund subway fixes with $600K corporate station naming rights
On Tuesday the Metropolitan Transportation Authority revealed an $800 million emergency rescue plan for the city’s beleaguered subway system. As 6sqft reported, the MTA board has been scrambling for...
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De Blasio wants to tax rich New Yorkers to fund subway repairs
Image Public Domain Continuing this summer’s subway saga, Mayor de Blasio announced a plan on Sunday that would tax the wealthiest 1 percent of New Yorkers to fund the system’s much-need repairs and...
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‘X-ray’ subway station maps help navigate NYC’s complex underground paths
Sketch of 59th Street-Columbus Circle via Candy Chan While the official map of the New York City subway clearly labels which station comes next, it’s not very good at showing the actual geographic...
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New renderings of proposed Triboro Corridor, 17-stop outer borough light rail...
Rendering: Only If + One Architecture Back in June, the Regional Plan Association (RPA), an urban research and advocacy organization, in conjunction with the Rockefeller Foundation, announced a design...
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Cuomo gives Con Ed one year to repair the subway’s power system
Photo © Governor Andrew Cuomo/Flickr Just in the past month, power problems caused 32,000 subway delays, prompting Governor Cuomo to direct “Con Edison to take significant and immediate actions to...
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Cuomo to offer a congestion pricing plan to fund transit repairs
Photo via Lucas Klappas on Flickr With New York City’s subway system currently in a state of emergency, public officials and advocates have been developing ways to pay for its urgent repairs....
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‘Citymapper’ app translates confusing MTA alerts into easy-to-read...
Graphic via Citymapper With subway disruptions and delays becoming a part of daily life in New York City, even lifelong New Yorkers sometimes have trouble finding alternative routes when their F train...
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City workers missed over 17,000 hours of work due to subway delays this year
Photo courtesy of Roman Kruglov’s Flickr New Yorkers employed by the city have missed 17,143 hours of work because of transit delays and malfunctions, according to the Daily News. A new analysis by...
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Governor Cuomo’s new ‘Keep It Clean’ initiative doubles the fine for subway...
Photo via Office of the Governor A week from today, those who litter in the subway system will face a $100 penalty, double the current $50. The increased fine is part of Governor Cuomo’s newly...
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Eight months after opening, Second Avenue Subway still doesn’t have its...
When the Second Avenue Subway opened this past New Year’s Day, it was nothing short of a miracle. Not only had the $4 billion infrastructure project been 100 years in the making but in the months...
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MTA to provide more honest stats about subway service with new digital dashboard
Photo courtesy of Roman Kruglov on Flickr While your train will probably still be delayed and overcrowded, the reasons behind your slow commute may soon become clearer. The Metropolitan Transportation...
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Map shows less than 1/4 of NYC subway stations are accessible
Maps via The Guardian Out of NYC’s 472 subway stations, only 117 are fully accessible, a major problem considering more than 800,000 or one-in-ten New Yorkers have a physical disability (and this...
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