NEW YORK -- An MTA pilot program that gave New Yorkers free bus rides in all five boroughs is over after a report found high rates of fare evasion across the transit system. The fare-free pilot program ended Saturday, almost a year after it started offering free trips on the Bronx Bx...
Customers are encouraged to utilize the multiple fare promotions the MTA offers across Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), Metro-North Railroad, and New York City Transit (NYCT). Fare discounts include the 20-trip ticket which offers a 20% discount off comparable peak one-way fares, special fare ...
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Something is seriously wrong and feeding this monster is not the answer. What we need to do is hold it accountable. It is time to dismantle the MTA. Hand the NY Transit back to NYC along with the tolled roads, and hand the LIRR and Metro North back to NY State and let Nassau and W...
RELATED:MTA ends free Wi-Fi service on NYC buses Fares and tolls make up roughly 40% of the MTA's budget and right now evasion is spiking on subways, buses, and even on bridges. "I actually stop people who walk up to the turnstile," said Janno Lieber, the MTA CEO. "With their ...
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Long time NYC transit fans mightremember back in 2016, AECOM proposed extending the 1 train (or, in their plan, a resurrected 9 train) from South Ferry to Red Hook. The plan was less altruistic and more of a brash ploy to redevelop one of the last areas of the Brooklyn w...
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Transit vows to improve its inspection efforts, delayed repairs will mount. As the report says, “In our view, NYC Transit simply can no longer tolerate the continued risk presented by critical structure-inspection deficiencies that safety-related structural defects will go undetected and unaddressed....
“The Mayor’s decision to slash the Fair Fares program will make it more difficult for tens of thousands of customers who rely on mass transit to afford to get to jobs, school and work as New York continues to reopen,” NYC Transit Interim President Sarah Feinberg said. “At a time ...