Almost 300 brand-new subway cars pulled from service

Almost 300 practically brand-new subway cars have been pulled from service because of a problem with the doors.

MTA: Misplaced transponder caused subway mess

The MTA blamed "human error" for some major delays in the subways on the first Monday of the new year.

Cuomo wants to acquire a city block to add tracks to Penn Station

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has unveiled an ambitious plan that would expand Penn Station with at least eight new train tracks. An estimated 200 million people come through Penn Station every year.

7 hurt in crash involving bus and car in Queens

Seven people were taken to hospitals on Christmas morning after a crash involving an MTA bus and a car in Jamaica Hills, Queens.

Upper Manhattan subway stop reopens after a year of work

An Upper Manhattan subway stop has reopened after nearly a year of work to replace elevators, improve lighting and make other repairs.

MTA announces 20 subway stations will receive accessibility upgrades

Twenty subway stations across New York City will undergo accessibility improvements as part of the MTA's plan to make all of the city's stations accessible by 2034.

20 NYC subway stations to receive accessibility upgrades for disabled riders
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Twenty subway stations across New York City will undergo accessibility improvements as part of the MTA's plan to make all of the city's stations accessible by 2034.

MTA votes to hire more cops

18 of 21 MTA board members voted Wednesday in favor of hiring 500 additional MTA Police officers to patrol subways and Long Island Railroad and Metro-North platforms in the coming year.

MTA votes to hire 500 additional police officers
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The MTA board has voted to hire 500 additional officers to patrol subways and platforms next year.

Plans move forward to electrify New York City's bus fleet

The nation's largest public bus system rolled out its first all-electric articulated bus Sunday under a plan to convert New York City's transit agency to a zero-emissions fleet by 2040.

Report: Mother of boy killed by subway was on way to shelter

A 2-year-old boy is dead after getting trapped between platform and a train at the Fulton Street subway station. 

MTA and transit union reach tentative contract deal

The subways and buses will keep running over the holidays and beyond. The MTA has reached a contract deal with the union that represents thousands of subway and bus workers.

Protesters: Make subways free and accessible

Should the New York City subway system be free to ride and free of cops? Yes, according to some activists who protested in Manhattan.

City Council scrutinizes MTA's capital spending plan

New York's subways, buses, and railroads are in dire need to an upgrade. The MTA is plannin to spend $51.5 billion over five years on its capital plan.

Subway worker slowdown possible: Report

As the holiday season fast-approaches, some Metropolitan Transportation Authority union workers may be preparing for a subway slowdown. 

MTA workers threaten work slowdown over stalled contract talks
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MTA workers are allegedly threatening a work slowdown as contract negotiations between the MTA and the transit workers union broke down with no resolution in sight.

Subway worker slowdown possible
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After contract negotiations fell apart with the MTA, members of the agency's largest union were reportedly considering a worker slowdown just in time for the holidays.

Subway station ceiling collapse audit
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When a large chunk of the ceiling fell onto the platform and tracks inside the Borough Hall subway station in June 2018, the MTA Office of the Inspector General, an independent watchdog, launched an audit into what happened. The OIG found serious flaws with the MTA's inspectors. Reported by Sharon Crowley

Audit: Engineers could have prevented subway station ceiling collapse

Engineers with New York City Transit relied on "ineffective inspection measures" and failed to realize the severity of structural defects in a subway station in Brooklyn for a few years leading up to the partial collapse of a ceiling there, according to a report by the MTA's watchdog.