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News 4’s Gus Rosendale reports. 

The MTA is hoping new fare evasion gates will further stop passengers trying to get around paying for a ride on the New York City subway system. The transit agency is planning to ultimately spend up to $1.5 billion on the new gates, but first will run a pilot program installing four prototypes, each at five stations, for a total…

Full Long Island Rail Road train service is set to be restored Friday morning after a train struck a car on the tracks, leading to partial suspensions along the Ronkonkoma Branch.

A Long Island Rail Road train struck a car on the tracks Thursday evening, leading to partial suspensions along the Ronkonkoma Branch that could impact Friday morning service. The train hit the car after 8 p.m. in East Farmingdale, just west of the Pinelawn station, according to the MTA. Service was suspended in both directions between Hicksville and Ronkonkoma as…

Service was suspended between Hicks and Ronkonkoma as a result of the crash, and officials said it could have an impact on Friday morning commutes as well.

President Donald Trump’s administration is taking control of the $7 billion reconstruction project for New York City’s busy but aging Penn Station, sidelining the MTA, the transportation chief said.

Not even a torrential downpour could postpone a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) station in Yaphank. The station, slated to open within the next year, is expected to significantly improve commuter access in the area, especially for workers traveling to the Brookhaven National Laboratory. MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber expressed optimism about the new...

The MTA unveiled a new subway map on Wednesday, the first time it has done that in more than 45 years. The map has a new design and new features — and after a lot of customer feedback, some fixes, too. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

First, transit officials in New York City said goodbye to the Metrocard.  Now the MTA is waving farewell to another transit icon: the famed subway map.  “This is a lynchpin moment,” said MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber, who watched the unveiling of the system’s first major map overhaul since 1979. Today, the transportation authority’s maps and graphics team...

The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that 15 New York and New Jersey bridges be inspected for levels of risk collapse from a vessel collision as part of a nationwide call to safeguard bridges from vessel strikes following last year’s fatal collapse of Baltimore’s Scott Key Bridge. The call for safety inspections on bridges does not indicate that...

Following an investigation of the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse last year, the National Transportation Security Board recommended that 68 bridges across the United States be inspected for their risk of collapse, eight of which are in New York. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.

Some subway station benches in NYC are being replaced by a new contraption: leaning bars. The new features have popping up on some subway platforms. The MTA says it will save money, but is it also an effort to keep homeless people from sleeping on benches? NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

The MetroCard is getting closer to taking its last ride. The MTA said it will stop selling the pieces of plastic at the end of 2025, after having been used by subway and bus riders since 1993. But more people are tossing them and using Tap and Go instead. So when will they go away for good? NBC New York’s...

There are new additions at the West 4th Street-Washington Square subway station — and not all riders are leaning into the pilot program. For those waiting for an A, C or E train, you can stand or you can lean at the Greenwich Village stop. But you won’t be sitting. The MTA has removed the old benches, except for a…

Tracie Strahan reporting on MTA could lose federal funding over subway safety.

A midtown advocacy group has grand plans the reimagine Penn Station and the surrounding area to bring back the grandeur it once enjoyed 60 years ago. The group said their plans are cheaper than what the city is planning. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

As New York City barrels toward the end of two months of congestion pricing, and the president’s looming threat to close the toll program, the MTA has shared receipts of the first month of revenue.

New York City’s first-in-the-nation plan to reduce vehicular congestion in the lower side of Manhattan and fund crucial MTA infrastructure projects has hit a new wall after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s withdrew its support of the pilot plan that allowed congestion pricing to be a reality in the city. Early data from the MTA showed congestion pricing resulting...

MTA workers sprang into action to help the Bronx woman retrieve an irreplaceable ring stuck out of reach in a sidewalk grate in East Harlem.

With the future of congestion pricing in New York City uncertain, at least one neighboring lawmaker is seizing on the opportunity to call for a refund for drivers who have paid the toll in recent weeks.