Transit

With unsure federal funding, the future of mass transit is uncertain, Andrew Siff reports.

As the coronavirus pandemic rages on throughout the U.S., the four months of disruption can be felt by all sorts of businesses and agencies — one of which is a lifeline for millions of commuters in and around New York City. The MTA said it can’t afford to wait much longer for a federal bailout. The area’s mass transit...

The new bridge will replace a 110-year-old swing bridge that occasionally becomes stuck after it opens to allow boats to pass under, causing delays along the corridor between Boston and Washington, D.C.

The plan’s major projects include elevating part of the century-old Hoboken rail terminal to protect against flooding, and repairing or replacing aging rail bridges, retaining walls and signals that contribute to regular delays

There are many who refuse help and say they feel safer elsewhere during the COVID-19 pandemic, choosing to remain on the streets — or more accurately, they may just be switching modes of transportation

Because of the overnight subway closures for disinfecting, homeless people have moved from train cars to buses, Rana Novini reports.

Starting Sunday May 3 at midnight, the concourses for Amtrak and NJ Transit will all be closed overnight so the transit hub and trains can be thoroughly cleaned, Amtrak said in an announcement Friday evening

AMtrak made the decision to close part of the transit ub for deep cleaning, which will go along with the MTA closing subway stations roughly during the same hours. But opening up to pedestrians and bicyclists will be seven miles of NYC streets starting Saturday. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Interim NYC Transit President Sarah Feinberg said that the transit agency has become “frustrated by what feels like an increasing number of homeless population” riding the city’s subways

The MTA said it will pay the surviving spouse, beneficiary or estate of the deceased worker a lump sum of $500,000.

The MTA is scaling back many of its services to account for having fewer train crews available during the outbreak, including a 25% cut to all subway service. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

A driver was badly hurt in a freak accident on the George Washington Bridge when an object smashed through the car’s windshield, law enforcement sources said

A driver was badly hurt in a freak accident on the George Washington Bridge when an object smashed through the car’s windshield, law enforcement sources said