Report: MetroCards Could Be A Thing Of The Past With Proposed New Payment System
The fare payment system would let riders tap into the turnstile or bus.
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The fare payment system would let riders tap into the turnstile or bus.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has introduced a new program in hopes of making bus service faster and safer.
Problems with MetroCard vending machines this weekend have been fixed and should not affect the Monday morning commute, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Sunday.
Earlier in the day, it was cash-only citywide. Station agents said the outage was due to a problem with the phone lines.
The days of the subway station clerk appear to be numbered.
The MTA hopes it will reduce the time it takes riders to get on and off the trains.
The Bronx-Whitestone and Throgs Neck bridges were the last two crossing to go cashless Saturday.
The city of Yonkers said the MTA is putting the brakes on its waterfront revitalization plans.
At the first MTA board meeting since the so-called "Summer of Hell," there was anger, frustration and worry on the part of board members about how to pay for subway improvements.
Even people on the MTA board in charge of the $100 million towers can't say why they're being used or what's in them.
She said the face has haunted her for 10 years, and told CBS2's Bauman about the day the stranger sat down next to her on the subway.
It could be the most recognizable phrase in New York: "Stand clear of the closing doors, please." You know his voice, but his name?
It happened at 6:18 a.m. Monday on Main Street and Northern Boulevard.
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for an immediate investigation Sunday, after a Con Edison substation failure in Brooklyn led to outages across the borough and snagged the subway system.
One addition at a newly reopened Brooklyn subway station has some riders scratching their heads asking, "What is this?"
Tram troubles have been upsetting people on Roosevelt Island. Commuters complained that construction is causing long lines and long waits.
When we started this series eight weeks ago, the warning signs had already piled up – on paper, in statistics and if you're a commuter – probably in your experience. So how have we responded?
The study also found a 30 percent increase in lost hours due to subway delays over the past few years.
New Yorkers have offered a 'to-do' list for the next mayor of New York City; they're things whoever wins in November should address ASAP.
After collecting more than 2,000 commuter responses, the survey found that nearly 50 percent of riders say delays are the biggest issue while 75 percent say they missed appointments due to subway delays in the last two weeks.
Frequently repeated announcements are hardly music to the ears of drivers at one busy East River crossing.
The head of the MTA is calling for $800 million to stabilize the subway, but it will cost much more to modernize the system and bring it into the 21st century.
Starting Wednesday, the MTA will no longer offer temporary ferry service and will scale back its bus service to and from Long Island.
It happened just before 9 p.m. last Friday on a southbound C train.
The last one featured drama centering on who was or wasn't paying for subway repairs, now it's about who stopped a train.
