Editor’s Note: Guest Commentator William Lindley illuminates the concept of a new George Washington as a useful replacement for Stephen…
By Bill Wilson, International Railway Journal; October 14, 2020 The Maryland Transit Administration is taking over day-to-day management of the…
By Mark Hallum, amNY; September 22, 2020 An expected $16 billion deficit by 2024 hasn’t seemed to punch any holes…
From NBC 4 Washington; September 24, 2020 At least three MTA employees secretly turned a storage room below one of…
By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; August 23, 2020 The MTA is facing criticism for a plan to add hundreds of…
By Elliot Weld, The Island Now; August 18, 2020 Several stations on the Long Island Rail Road are undergoing “complete…
By The Editorial Board, New York Daily News; July 20, 2020 Someone had better remind the folks planning the Empire…
By Larry Penner, Railway Age Magazine; July 14, 2020 Who has been minding the mint after learning about the latest…
By Mark Hallum, AM New York; July 9, 2020 If New Yorkers remember the Genius Challenge from 2017, as the…
By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; April 18, 2020 New Jersey Transit Senior Vice President and General Manager…
By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; April 16, 2020 The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which has lost more than 90% of its…
By Nicole Gelinas, New York Post; April 13, 2020 The state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority has just suffered the worst month…
By Clayton Guse, New York Daily News; April 2, 2020 The MTA on Thursday announced plans to redevelop its old…
By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; April 1, 2020 LIRR management and union leaders are urging workers to do their part…
By David Meyer, New York Post; March 18, 2020 The MTA will borrow $1 billion by the end of the…
From Progressive Railroading Magazine; March 18, 2020 As Congress works on coronavirus response legislation, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA)…
By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; February 25, 2020 A former federal railroad chief has been tapped to temporarily lead the…
By Christopher J. Eberhart, The Journal News; February 19, 2020 The Metropolitan Transportation Authority had a historically good January. Metro-North…
By Larry Penner, Long Island Weekly; January 6, 2020 No one at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Long Island Rail…
By Jacob Henry, David Meyer and Bernadette Hogan, New York Post; November 12, 2019 The MTA’s construction chief said Tuesday…
By Brendan Krisel, Staff, Patch; November 11, 2019 MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — The Metropolitan Transit Authority is getting ready to…
By David Meyer, New York Post; November 4, 2019 At the MTA, it pays vote early. The transit agency offered…
By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; October 22, 2019 One month after the Long Island Rail Road’s newest train fleet debuted…
By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; October 16, 2019 Four Long Island Rail Road workers who ranked among the highest earners in…
By Dan Rivoli, Spectrum News NY 1; October 15, 2019 It’s been 95 years since passenger trains rumbled down the…