Stephen Nessen
Articles by Stephen Nessen
Stephen Nessen covers transportation. Since 2008 he has reported on everything from Occupy Wall Street, the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site, Hurricane Sandy, to Trump’s campaign for president. His transportation reporting has taken him everywhere from the MTA’s secret Rail Control Center to the gleaming subways of Seoul. Got a tip? Email [email protected].
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s congestion pricing pause comes as Manhattan gridlock reaches an all-time high.
“We have actually designed this new signaling system so that it could accommodate longer trains,” MTA Chair Janno Lieber said.
Comptroller Brad Lander says he’s working with transit advocates to reinstate the program to toll drivers in parts of Manhattan, arguing that Gov. Hochul's pause on it may be illegal.
The money was supposed to help modernize the subway.
New York lawmakers have tried and failed to toll drivers in the busiest parts of Manhattan for more than 50 years.
So far, state Senate Democrats aren’t on board with Hochul’s plan to boost taxes, and the legislative session ends this week.
The plan to toll drivers in Manhattan south of 60th Street was designed to reduce gridlock and pollution while funding billions worth of mass transit upgrades.
The city Department of Transportation declared “sign drops are the new sneaker drops.”
The Port Authority is taking a different approach to fare beating at JFK Airport by leaving some gates to the AirTrain wide open.
A town hall on the plan to close sections of the line from June 28 to Sept. 3 is scheduled for Thursday night.
The MTA board in early 2022 signed off on his pay raise during a closed-door executive session, officials said.
MTA Chair Janno Lieber did not rule out implementing a system that would require passengers to show proof of payment before exiting a subway station.
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