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MTA's proposed fare hike questioned, put down by transit riders at public hearing

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority held its first of three public hearings on the proposed rate hike, which would ...
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MTA to launch daily pass aimed at hybrid workers as 5-day office week fades

Transit officials are apparently acknowledging that the five day, in-office work week is dead. The Metropolitan ...

US threatens to withhold transit funds over New York subway safety issues

The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it may withhold up to 25% of federal transit funding for New York's ...

MTA greenlights whopping $1.9B contract for long-awaited Second Avenue subway — and transit officials still claim it’s a savings

I reject the premise of the question,” MTA honcho Janno Lieber said when asked why a new subway tunnel would be built instead ...

NYC straphangers fume over ‘greedy’ MTA’s latest fare hike proposal: ‘Your entire plan is bulls–t’

"You're entire plan is Bullsh--t. An increase to three dollars ... are you delusional?" John Jay College student Emmanuel ...
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MTA Advances $2 Billion Second Avenue Subway Extension in East Harlem After Decades of Delay

MTA begins the next phase of the Second Avenue Subway extension in East Harlem with a nearly $2 billion contract.

Dozens of New Yorkers at risk of eviction as MTA makes way for Second Avenue Subway: ‘People are nervous’

Make way for the eviction train. Dozens of New Yorkers in 33 apartments across East Harlem are at risk of getting kicked out ...
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MTA Secures $1.3B Contract to Bore Tunnels for Second Avenue Subway Extension

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has locked in contractors for major aspects of the second phase of the Second ...