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Zohran Mamdani's 'free buses' are a dangerous mistake — we've seen how they fail
Kansas City learned that Zero Fare, like Zohran Mamdani's other socialistic policies, had dire real-life consequences that are never contemplated at Democratic Socialists’ organizing meetings.
MTA worker punched trying to break up platform fight near scene of Brooklyn 'samurai sword' slaying
A Metropolitan Transit Agency worker was punched in the face after stepping in to break up a subway argument Thursday -- just steps from where a sword-wielding wacko murdered an...
Out of service double-decker, first air-conditioned NYC buses in spotlight
Big Apple history buffs got a rare glimpse inside the buses that moved New Yorkers during the 20th century at the New York Transit Museum’s annual bus festival Sunday afternoon.
Gov. Hochul & MTA brass must face down LIRR union thugs' strike threat
If the MTA doesn't buckle, the unions could shut down the whole railroad.
EDITORIAL: MTA diverts billions to support Hochul's re-election bid with new Second Avenue Subway work
Woe to the humble subway rider: On Monday, the MTA board OK'd a $1.9 billion contract as part of Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway expansion — while the...
Cash-strapped MTA set to wallop riders with increased fares, but official bizarrely claims it's not a 'hike'
Subway and bus patrons aren’t the only ones facing a price crunch.
NYC subway's mystery power outage has rush hour riders vowing to steal rides as payback
A mystery mishap knocked out power to the subway signal system just in time for rush hour on Tuesday morning -- causing chaos for thousands of Big Apple commuters. The...
NJ Transit strike deal reached -- but riders should still expect a messy Monday commute
The transit agency and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen hashed out the final details of an agreement after two days of negotiations, a spokesperson for the union said.
NJ Transit strike has its roots in the hapless MTA's Metro-North and LIRR labor contracts
New Jersey commuters awoke to a travel nightmare Friday as NJ Transit engineers went on strike in pursuit of a windfall wage hike.
NJ Gov. Murphy blasts striking NJ Transit union workers leaving 350K commuters in travel nightmare
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy ripped NJ Transit engineers for going on strike Friday — blasting their actions as a "slap in the face" to commuters and a "mess of...
New Jersey bracing for summer of travel hell with NJ Transit strike, Newark airport delays and I-80 sinkhole: 'Going to be ugly'
This ain't your garden-variety travel headache.
NJ Transit nixes train, bus service to Shakira concerts at MetLife over looming strike
NJ Transit typically brings passengers whenever, wherever -- but they may be out luck if they're heading to a pair of upcoming Shakira shows at MetLife Stadium.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams begs feds to stop Amtrak's planned 3-year East River Tunnel closure: 'Refused to listen to reason'
Hizzoner demanded federal intervention before the East River tunnel doors slam shut this Friday.
Amtrak blasts Hochul and MTA for spinning blame on tunnel closures that could lead to delays
Amtrak’s top boss fired back at Gov. Hochul’s last-minute objections to the $1.6 billion East River Tunnel rehabilitation, slamming the MTA for delaying the "critical" project by six months —...
Just say no to another secret tax hike to bail out the eternally cash-strapped MTA
Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers are secretly moving to ratchet up taxes once more, hitting large companies via the payroll mobility tax to raise $2 billion for the always...
Editorial: Fix the transit system we have before blowing $7.7B on a 2nd Ave. subway extension
MTA officials are begging Team Trump and New York lawmakers for billions to keep the trains running and fund $68 billion in capital projects.
MTA greenlights $250M for consultants to expand Second Avenue subway — at expected cost of $4.3B per mile to build
The MTA's spending is like a runaway train.
To fund MTA's $68B rebuild plan, NY should nab fare-beaters, squeeze straphangers and taxpayers alike, watchdog says
The Citizens Budget Commission also calls for "modest"Â increases in fares, tolls and vehicle registration fees to generate $6.8 billion in revenue.
Hochul will defy Trump deadline to stop NYC congestion pricing -- but insists president still backs her Penn Station revamp plan
Hochul is framing the Penn project as one of her biggest areas of agreement with Trump, but noted he winced when she asked him to help secure a massive $6...
Hooray! Team Trump is rescuing working-class motorists from Kathy Hochul's elitist Midtown tolls
Hooray! Team Trump has come to the rescue of working-class motorists and killed the city’s despised congestion-pricing tolls. Kudos to President Donald Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.