MTA: Subway Platform Barriers Would Cost More Than $1 Billion
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering several options to improve safety on subway platforms following an alarming number of deaths on the tracks. So far this...
View ArticleWinter Storm Hammers Tri-State Area; Widespread Outages Reported
Updated at 12:15 a.m., Feb. 9, 2013 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A power-packed blizzard was continuing to pummel eastern Long Island and Connecticut late Friday night, while leaving in its wake a...
View ArticleMTA Hoping To Restore At Least Some Service To South Ferry Station
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Acting Metropolitan Transportation Authority executive director Thomas Prendergast said Tuesday that the agency looking into ways to get at least some service back running at...
View ArticleOld South Ferry Subway Station To Reopen
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Starting next month, the end of the the line for the 1 train will again be South Ferry. The old station will reopen the first week in April. The new station was destroyed by...
View ArticleOld South Ferry Loop Station Reopened
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – More than five months after Superstorm Sandy, service to South Ferry has resumed. No. 1 subway trains began running to and from the old South Ferry station Thursday morning. The...
View ArticleCuomo Nominates Prendergast For MTA Chairman
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Gov. Andrew Cuomo has nominated an experienced New York City transit executive to be the next chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Cuomo nominated Thomas F....
View ArticleMTA Chairman: Sandy Repairs To Take Five More Years, Fare Hike Ahead
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - New York City straphangers will really want to hang on as there are many twists and turns ahead. New MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast told the New York Daily News that he...
View ArticleUnderground Wi-Fi Service Expanding To 30 More Subway Stations
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – More cell phone and Wi-Fi service was headed under ground Thursday as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s effort to have all subway stations wired by 2016....
View ArticleMTA Chairman: Don’t Get Your Hopes Up For A Fare Hike Reprieve
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The man tapped to head the Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants a second look at the service cuts that have increased crowding and wait times. And as WCBS 880’s Paul...
View ArticleAfter Seven Months, A Train Subway Service Resumes In Rockaways
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - After seven months of limited service and an estimated $650 million in hurricane damage, regular service on the A train is rolling through the Rockaways. It is making life a lot...
View ArticleNew York Senate Confirms Prendergast As MTA Chairman And CEO
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Senate has confirmed Thomas Prendergast as chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the confirmation Thursday night....
View ArticleSlight Relief Coming For Metro-North New Haven Line Riders
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Metro-North Railroad on Sunday announced that some slight service improvements are on the horizon for New Haven Line for the start of the work week Monday. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleFeds Blast Metro-North, Call Recent Accidents ‘Unacceptable’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – The head of the Federal Railroad Administration is demanding immediate safety improvements from Metro-North following the deadly train derailment in the Bronx. In a letter...
View ArticleMetro-North: Full Hudson Line Service To Run Thursday
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Metro-North Railroad announced full service will be restored to the Hudson Line Thursday following a suspension that lasted several days due to a fatal derailment in the...
View ArticleFederal Inspectors Begin 60-Day Safety Assessment Of Metro-North
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – A special federal team of rail safety experts began a 60-day probe Monday into Metro-North’s operations following the deadly derailment in the Bronx earlier this month. The...
View ArticleMTA Chairman Warns Of Possible 12 Percent Fare Hike Next Year
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Ready to pay $2.75 for a subway ride? It could happen sooner than you think. At a legislative budget hearing in Albany on Thursday, Metropolitan Transportation Authority...
View ArticleMTA, Metro-North Heads Discuss Safety Efforts Before Conn. Legislative Panel
HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) – The MTA chair and Metro-North’s new president pledge a return to safety and reliability on the railroad during a meeting Thursday with some Connecticut state...
View ArticleCrews To Work Overnight To Clean Up Subway Train Derailment In Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Service on several subway lines has been shut down along Queens Boulevard so that crews can re-rail and move the subway train that derailed Friday morning, forcing the...
View ArticleGrand Central Entrance Named For Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A newly-renovated entrance at Grand Central Terminal has been named for former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. A special dedication ceremony was held Monday. In 1975,...
View ArticleMTA Launches Ad Campaign To Warn Commuters As LIRR Strike Deadline Nears
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The MTA has started a communications blitz to warn commuters of a potential Long Island Rail Road strike that could come in just 11 days. The agency said Wednesday it has print...
View ArticleCongress Will Not Intervene In Contract Dispute To Prevent LIRR Strike
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- With 11 days left before a potential Long Island Rail Road strike, Congress said Wednesday it will not intervene to prevent the walk out of 5,400 union workers. Metropolitan...
View ArticleWith 10 Days Before Potential Strike, Still No Deal For MTA, LIRR Unions
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — With time running out, there was still no deal Thursday between Long Island Rail Road unions and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with just 10 days to go before a...
View ArticleNo New Talks Set Between MTA, LIRR Unions As Possible Strike Deadline Nears
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – There is still no deal between union workers and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to avert a possible Long Island Rail Road strike in just nine days. No new talks...
View ArticleReport: LIRR Talks To Resume Monday
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Negotiations aimed at avoiding a Long Island Rail Road strike are reportedly set to resume Monday. A union source told Newsday talks between Metropolitan Transportation...
View ArticleNo New Negotiations Set Between MTA, LIRR Unions As Workers Prepare For Strike
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — No new talks have been scheduled between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Long Island Rail Road workers’ unions, a day after negotiations broke down with both...
View ArticleMTA, LIRR Unions End Another Day Of Talks 4 Days Before Potential Strike
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — With a Long Island Rail Road strike potentially set to start Sunday, the unions and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority returned to the bargaining table Wednesday and...
View ArticleCuomo: Strike Averted As Deal Reached Between MTA, LIRR Unions
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There was handshaking and back-patting all around Thursday, after Gov. Andrew Cuomo helped broker a deal between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Long Island...
View ArticleMTA Bridge And Tunnel Officers Help Rescue Residents From Burning Building In...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The MTA says eight Bridge and Tunnel police officers helped rescue more than a dozen people from a fire Wednesday morning at an apartment building in Queens. The two-alarm fire...
View ArticleMTA Chief Warns Capital Plan Budget Gap Could Grow
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The $15 billion budget gap in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $32 billion capital plan could widen if there are changes in federal funding or to the state’s payroll...
View ArticleMTA Eyes Devices To Warn About People On Tracks
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is looking into ways to prevent tragedies like the death of a Bronx man who was purposely pushed onto the tracks earlier this month....
View ArticleNTSB Investigating Deadly Metro-North Crash
VALHALLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A team of federal investigators arrived Wednesday at the Westchester County site of a crash that authorities have called the deadliest in Metro-North’s history. As CBS2’s...
View ArticleTransit Officials Review Safety After Deadly Metro-North Train Crash
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Thomas Prendergast says officials are reviewing safety practices at railroad crossings after an SUV drove onto the tracks and...
View ArticleMTA Chairman Says 2nd Avenue Subway Expansion In Jeopardy Without Funding
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_20150303085709707AA.mp4 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Plans to extend the Second Avenue subway line south of Midtown could go off the rails unless the MTA’s funding...
View ArticleTransit Advocate: Cuomo Must Step Up, Help MTA Financially
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Transit advocate Gene Russianoff showed up at a Metropolitan Transportation Authority meeting Wednesday carrying what appeared to be an oversized MetroCard. But instead, it read...
View ArticleGov. Cuomo: Federal Government To Approve $1B Loan To MTA
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday he’s reappointing Thomas Prendergast as MTA chairman. In a speech to the Association for a Better New York, Cuomo also said the federal...
View ArticleMTA’s Prendergast: LIRR, Metro-North Won’t See Positive Train Control Until 2018
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Despite several deadly train accidents over the last several years, MTA Chair and CEO Thomas Prendergast now says Positive Train Control will not be fully installed on the...
View ArticleMTA Chairman ‘Confident’ In Meeting Phase Two Deadline For Second Avenue...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved a new operating budget during its final board meeting of the year on Wednesday. But as WCBS 880’s Paul Murnane reported, MTA...
View ArticleMore Wi-Fi, Cell Service Coming To NYC Subway
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York City subway riders will soon have more access to Wi-Fi and cellphone service as part of a plan to upgrade an aging transit system that serves 9 million people daily....
View ArticleMTA Heeds Cuomo’s Remark That Rise In Subway Sex Crimes Is Unacceptable
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday was taking to heart complaints from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that reported sex crimes are on the rise in the subway system. As...
View ArticleOfficials: More Needs To Be Done To Fix Rash Of LIRR Shutdowns
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Metropolitan Transit Authority President and CEO Thomas Prendergast admits a recent rash of technical failures on the Long Island Rail Road is evidence that more needs to be...
View ArticleNYC Transit Chief Promises Changes After Blizzard Meltdown
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – With winter a little more than two weeks away, the New York City Council wants to know what has changed at the MTA since last December’s blizzard, and the MTA says new...
View ArticleMTA’s Trash Can Free Subway Experiment Succeeding!
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There were predictions the subway stations in an MTA experiment that removed trash cans would become landfills with rails. But there is early evidence the riding public is on...
View ArticleMTA Chief Lhota Won’t Commit To Subway Platform Barriers
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Many cities around the world, including Paris, have glass barriers on at least some of their train platforms. WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb On The...
View ArticleFollowing Deadly Accidents On Subway Platforms, Some Call For Improved Safety...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There are renewed calls to make the edge of subway platforms less dangerous following several deadly incidents. There were three accidents on subway platforms over the last 48...
View ArticleMTA Releases App With Real-Time Subway Countdown Clocks
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – You can now find out when the next subway train will arrive simply by looking at your smartphone. The MTA launched a smartphone app that shows real-time train arrival times on...
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