City Council Speaker Corey Johnson Wants NYC Officials To Get Moving On A Reopening Plan: 'We Should Have Spent The Last Two Months Planning For This'
Johnson says one of the most urgent needs is a plan for mass transit.
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Johnson says one of the most urgent needs is a plan for mass transit.
The MTA says ridership is up this month over last. In April it was 9% of what it would normally see and the uptick this month is to 11.5%.
Officials are prioritizing Long Island Rail Road service for essential workers and say if you are you not an essential worker, find alternate travel.
CBS2 is continuing its series honoring victims of the coronavirus pandemic. Reporter Jessica Moore has more on two public servants who were committed to helping others.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is using new technology it hopes will stop coronavirus in its tracks.
The Essential Connector app offers a real-time map to navigate the MTA's enhanced overnight bus service.
The MTA chairman says the agency is looking at "everything" when it comes to providing New Yorkers a safe ride on mass transit, even if that means making reservations to ride the subway.
Foye says everything is on the table, including the possibility of reserving spots on trains or buses and social distancing on subway platforms.
The MTA projects an $8.9 billion loss in revenue through 2021.
Service officially shut down between 1 and 5 a.m. at all 472 stations in order to disinfect cars and platforms and to prevent the homeless from riding overnight.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to shut down overnight subway service Tuesday night for the first time in 115 years.
The mayor has promised a safe bed and support services to every homeless person being displaced by the nightly shutdown of all subway service meant to give MTA crews time to clean trains.
Starting next week, the city's subway system will not be running 24/7 service for the first time ever.
The nightly shut down will commence at 1 a.m. May 6.
The MTA also announced some additional changes to its Code of Conduct on Wednesday.
The flames gutted a northbound 2 train and killed its operator, Garrett Goble.
After weeks of ugly finger pointing about an increase in the number of homeless on the subways, Mayor Bill de Blasio has offered a solution.
The MTA says since early March, the entire fleet of subway cars and buses gets disinfected every 72 hours, but its conductors tell us they're not seeing it.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's controversial congestion pricing plan is another victim of the coronavirus pandemic.
The letter cites the high rate of deaths among MTA workers.
The MTA says fewer riders and toll revenues, down more than 60%, will cost it nearly $6 billion.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that trend line of coronavirus cases is improving, but reopening the economy and a "new normal" in society won't be possible until there's a massive increase in testing.
Nearly 60 transit workers have died, including three dozen bus and subway employees.
While there's so much focus on having people stay off the streets during the coronavirus pandemic, there's another big problem happening underground.
Social media posts from subway and buses in the Bronx show overcrowding with zero social distance and commuters not wearing masks.
