MTA driver stabs rider who slugged him in chaos on bus: cops, sources
An MTA bus driver stabbed and beat an enraged passenger in Brooklyn on Friday after he refused to get off the bus during a stop, authorities said. Bus driver Ian Bascombe, 58, was at the wheel of the B41 at Foster and Flatbush streets in Kensington at about 12:20 p.m. when he was driving a […]
MTA to use grant money to get into the minds of fare evaders
They bend over backwards to waste money on turnstile jumps. The MTA plans to spend up to $1 million in grants on research it hopes will help understand the mindset of the average fare evader, the Post reported. The expensive study comes as officials lament poverty and press ahead with abhorrent congestion pricing plans, but […]
MTA power outage leaves 3,500 NYC subway riders stranded on trains for hours
The power outage left two F Line trains stranded, trapping them underground for hours and forcing them to flee through subway tunnels and emergency exits, making the journey home a nightmare for thousands of New Yorkers. According to the MTA, a power outage occurred between the Jay Street/Metrotech and Hoyt-Schermerhorn stations around 5:30 p.m., and […]
MTA banning alcohol on Metro-North, LIRR trains for SantaCon
The MTA is pooh-poohing New York's ho-ho-hoin again. SantaCon is coming to town this weekend, but transportation officials are trying to limit the chaos by imposing a 32-hour ban on alcohol on Metro-North and Long Island Railroad trains. “Our top priority is to ensure Metro-North and Long Island Railroad passengers can celebrate safely,” MTA Police […]
MTA mulling using drones to track NYC buses, sparking outrage from union: ‘Suspicious’
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering using drones to track its fleet of 6,000 buses, but the plan has sparked a backlash from transport union leaders who say it is a “shady” waste of money. There is. The agency has until December 18 to outline how drones can be used to create “real-time maps” of […]
Irate driver chokes MTA bus driver in NYC road rage attack: officials
A road rage incident occurred Tuesday morning in Brooklyn when an irate driver punched and choked an elderly MTA bus driver, according to police and transit officials. Officials and officials say Shevaughn Regal, 25, struck the 68-year-old after a two-vehicle fender bender on Halsey Street near Lewis Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 9:20 a.m. He lunged […]
MTA board approves Gov. Hochul’s massive NYC congestion pricing toll reboot
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Monday approved New York Governor Kathy Hochul's congestion pricing program for Midtown and Lower Manhattan by a 12-1 vote. Congestion pricing will begin in January, with mandatory video tolls being imposed on newly built gantries surrounding the city centre. Traffic traveling under 60th Street and Central Park and traffic […]
Hochul’s congestion pricing revival approved by MTA – clearing the way for $15 tolls by 2031
Gov. Kathy Hochul's reinstatement of congestion fees gave the MTA the green light on Monday, paving the way for a $15 toll on Manhattan drivers by 2031. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board approved the governor's tiered congestion pricing plan by a 12-1 vote. The benefits of congestion pricing are “huge for the MTA,” said Jano […]
Longtime transit worker named new MTA president amid authority’s staff shuffling
Demetrius Crichlow, a longtime transit agency employee, was announced Wednesday morning as the MTA's new chairman. MTA Chairman and CEO Jano Lieber said Crichlow, currently the MTA's interim president, was appointed because he “knows our system very well.” “We need stable personnel to ensure guidance and leadership…and I am honored to take on that role,” […]
Transit workers’ union calls for MTA to ramp up safety measures at the end of subway lines, following brutal train operator stabbing
The city's largest transit union is calling on the MTA to strengthen safety measures at subway terminals after train driver Mylan Pollack was stabbed to death in Brooklyn last week. Members of Transportation Workers Union Local 100, which represents more than 40,000 bus and subway workers, rallied Thursday outside the Crown Heights-Utica Avenue station at […]