Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) completes Automatic Train Control (ATC) implementation on all north side Commuter Rail lines. Also, ridership across the Chicago region’s fixed-route transit system hits post-pandemic high in 2024; and New York MTA’s Grand Central Madison wins an ASCE engineering achievement award.
According to a new analysis conducted by EY, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) proposed 2025-2029 Capital Plan will generate $106 billion in economic activity and more than 70,000 jobs statewide.
“Major investment” in Hudson Valley, N.Y., to increase capacity, reduce delays, improve safety, and cut travel times for MTA Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak–NYSDOT (New York State Department of Transportation) Empire Service will
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) “has not done enough to consolidate its procurements across its agencies to save money as was expected under its Transformation Plan, according to an audit
New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie will not back the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) 2025-2029 Capital Plan that would invest some $65.4 billion in
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Dec. 13 announced that tap-and-go fare technology is now available to nearly all riders with the conversion of Reduced-Fare customers from MetroCard to OMNY.
UNESCO recognizes New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Grand Central Madison with a “World’s Most Beautiful Passenger Station” interior award. Also, the Kitchener Central Transit Hub and Toronto’s 50 Wilson Heights TOD (transit-oriented development) advance in Ontario, Canada.
After “pausing” the implementation of a proposed Congestion Toll for vehicles entering the zone south of 60th Street in Manhattan on June 5, Gov. Kathy Hochul has again recommended that the toll
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) releases ballot measures on its 2024 election scorecard; Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) returns to pre-pandemic rail service; the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) hits one billion trips on the subway in 2024; TransLink seeks proposals for future uses of retiring SkyTrain cars; the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) launches a new fare payment system and discount fare program for military veterans; and Metrolinx releases a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the civil and utilities contract for the Hamilton LRT project.
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chair and CEO Janno Lieber on Oct. 23 named three officials to senior strategic roles, including Demetrius Crichlow as the 12th permanent President of New York City Transit (NYCT).