Service on the W line was left in pieces as 45 trains were vandalized in a roughly 29-hour period, officials said.
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Posted inMTA, Subway, Transit
City Rolls Out Anti-Subway Surfing Campaign as Deaths Spike
The mayor and MTA officials say social media companies are now on board with taking down daredevil posts as soon as they go up — in an effort to discourage copycat kids.
Posted inTransit
Fare Hike Lands Three Weeks Early — By Accident, MTA Says
A Monday morning OMNY glitch temporarily increased bus and subway rides to $2.90. Riders are promised refunds.
Posted inHow to New York
What Albany Lawmakers Have — and Have Not — Accomplished This Year
New school holidays and criminal record seals are in. But many proposals related to tenant protections, developer tax breaks and speed limits have gone nowhere.
Posted inTransit
MTA Gets Rolling on Hunt for Pee-Sniffing Tech for Subway Elevators
The agency says it’s borrowing “good ideas” from transit systems around the country — but some of them have already gone in a different direction.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Anger Mounts Over Lack of Charges in the Killing of Jordan Neely
The subway rider was strangled by a fellow straphanger while seemingly in the throes of a mental health crisis. Police and prosecutors have released little information.
Posted inTransit
Subway Collisions With People Are Up Nearly 25% Since 2018. Operator: ‘It Breaks You Down.’
‘We’re just waiting to see if it’s our turn to be the next to hit somebody,’ said one train operator.
Posted inSubway
Working on Broken Glass: Shattered Screens Everywhere Belie Official MTA Stats
Cracked windows and LCD displays are the number two vandalism issue underground after graffiti, but the agency is mum on costs and its data doesn’t seem to reflect what New Yorkers are seeing around them.
Posted inTransit
To Get MTA Back on Track, Albany Has ‘A Plethora of Options’
Transit watchers generally seem to agree that an increase in the state payroll tax could be the best way to avoid a crash when emergency federal aid runs out in 2025, but there are several other roads that could help avoid that fiscal cliff.
Posted inTransportation
Man Who Endured ‘Hell On Wheels’ Commute Can Finally Say, ‘I Love New York’
Saheed Adebayo Aare has gone from unstable housing and a nightmare commute to feeling that anything is possible in the Big Apple.