A lack of funding could derail the MTA's capital plan
Hochul's last-minute halt to congestion pricing removed $15 billion from the current capital program, and put funding for the ...
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Penn Station needs expansion to boost train capacity, new report concludes
The only way to increase train capacity at Penn Station is to expand the Midtown Manhattan transit hub, a new report ...
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Amtrak, MTA, NJ Transit releases ‘Doubling Trans-Hudson Train Capacity at New York Penn Station’ engineering feasibility study
The study concludes none of the four concepts to double train capacity at the station during peak periods achieve the ...
New Grand Central Madison entrance coming for LIRR commuters
It will include two new escalators, an elevator and a staircase leading directly to the customer concourse at Grand Central ...
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The MTA approved a $69 billion capital plan; it's only half funded
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority board approved its 2025-2029 capital plan last week. It could not answer ...
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Amtrak, commuter railroads say Penn Station expansion will be required to handle growth
NEW YORK — Penn Station must be expanded to accommodate future traffic, according to Amtrak and the commuter railroads using ...
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Lawsuits vs. Hochul pause to continue
A Manhattan judge last Friday rejected legal motions from Gov. Hochul seeking to dismiss a pair of lawsuits filed to compel ...
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Transit Briefs: Metrolinx, City of Edmonton, Amtrak, MBTA, NYMTA, Sound Transit
Work is now under way across all contracts that make up Metrolinx’s Ontario Line project. Also, AECOM has been selected as ...
Penn Station Takes Up Two Blocks. Railroads Say They Must Have More.
After studying other ways to double capacity at the busy transit hub, the railroads that use it say they have concluded that ...
Penn Station needs to expand, study says
Amtrak, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and NJ TRANSIT released an engineering feasibility study, that analyzes ...
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Transit Briefs: MBTA, NYMTA, TriMet, LA Metro, LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency
Arlington, Mass., explores an extension of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Red Line. Also, the New York ...
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1 dead after hijacked bus speeds through LA with driver held at gunpoint
A passenger was fatally shot during the incident. One person is dead after a Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus was hijacked and the driver was forced to flee police at gunpoint ...