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Who Will Represent Mamdani at the MTA? He Has Less Than a Month to Decide.
There are two vacancies among the four seats the mayor gets to fill on the transit authority’s board.
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UPS Tops List of Bus-Lane Blockers Caught on Camera Last Year
Most of the worst offenders for lane-clogging were delivery businesses who racked up thousands of violations.
Posted inZohran Mamdani
With 100 Days Under His Belt, How’s Mamdani Doing?
Big promises, great expectations: Mayor Mamdani has made headway on free childcare, while a promised rent freeze won’t happen before the summer — if at all.
Posted inAccessibility
MTA Aims to Teach More Drivers How to Use Wheelchair Lifts on Express Buses
The city’s fleet of coach buses have lifts, but riders with disabilities say operators are often at a loss on how to use them.
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MTA Wants New Year to Start With Fare Hike to $3
Transit officials on Wednesday proposed a 10-cent bump for single bus and subway rides, as well as increases for tolls and commuter rails, set to kick in on Jan. 4.
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Can Zohran Mamdani’s Free Bus Promise Get Out of the Parking Lot?
The plan has a high cost — and he’ll need Albany to get it done.
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MTA Approves Millions More for OMNY Chatbot in Buggy System
As complaints mount about the new tap-and-go cards for buses and subways, transit officials have approved $13 million extra for AI help services — on top of a nearly $600 million original contract.
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MetroCard Holdouts Cling to Slivers of Plastic Despite Tap-and-Go OMNY-presence
As card machines go the way of the token, officials say a third of riders are reluctant to give up the now old-school swiping method.
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Staten Islanders Suffer From Bus Slowdown and Increasing Wait Times
Commuters in the oft-neglected borough say they are missing school and church because of buses that can’t seem to find the fast lane.
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Manhattan Buses Got a Bit Faster in First Month of Congestion Pricing
Just as President Donald Trump moved to shut down the tolling plan, data shows — and riders say — the bus experience going crosstown has become better.