Tagged With MTA

A bill proposed in New York City would charge residents $3 for all packages ordered online other than food or medicine

Mary Meisenzahl

New York's transit system is in a financial crisis — but saving it is vital to the US economy, experts say

Tim Levin

NY transit workers created an underground 'man cave' in Grand Central to 'get drunk and party,' MTA says

Tim Levin

New York announces $50 fine for anyone who rides the subway, bus, or train without a mask

Barbara Smith

Public transit may not bring a high risk of coronavirus transmission, research suggests — depending on which precautions you take

Aria Bendix

A Columbia scientist's 'new and powerful weapon' against the coronavirus destroys particles using UV light without harming people

Aria Bendix

AMERICAN RESILIENCE: How 5 industries bounced back from 9/11, hurricanes, and the Great Recession — and what their success can teach us about hope after the coronavirus

Andy Kiersz, Shayanne Gal

The COVID-19 threat is here for the foreseeable future. As cities reopen, protecting passengers on public transit is a matter of life and death.

Tim Levin

Bus drivers and their unions are refusing to transport protesters arrested by police

Graham Rapier

The prank TikToker who dumped a crate of milk and cereal in the NYC subway apologised, but immediately proceeded to post a racist video

Margot Harris

An NYC man tried to forcibly remove Asian-American nurse from the subway, police say

Haven Orecchio-Egresitz

Subway and bus drivers in New York City say the government did too little, too late to protect them from the coronavirus as thousands of their colleagues got sick and 98 died

Marisa Palmer, Graham Rapier, Amelia Kosciulek

Cuomo announces New York City will disinfect every subway train every 24 hours in an 'unprecedented step'

Aylin Woodward

New York City will shut down its subways every night to clean and disinfect them

Jeremy Berke

Gov. Cuomo says novel coronavirus can live on bus and subway surfaces for 72 hours, posing an ongoing concern for transit employees and riders

Ellen Cranley

NYC subway ridership cratered 93% as all but essential workers stay home — and the transit system says it needs an additional $3.9 billion bailout to keep running

Graham Rapier

Did you hear honking at 3 p.m. on Thursday? It was a coordinated way of honouring transit workers.

Jessica Snouwaert

The MTA now has 20 times the confirmed coronavirus cases it had two weeks ago, with 5,600 employees in self-quarantine and 33 deaths

Tim Levin

NYC is bracing for the coronavirus impact by cleaning its subway systems daily. New Yorkers are asking why this isn't done normally.

Paulina Cachero

A man from a NYC suburb was confirmed to have coronavirus. Here's what New York's mass-transit system is doing to slow a potential spread.

Bryan Pietsch