The Port Authority has announced a new data-sharing partnership with Waze, a free crowdsourced traffic and navigation app owned by Google, to ensure safe and efficient travel in the NY area. Waze is powered by the world’s largest community of drivers and will receive real-time sharing of traffic data across the agency’s bridges, tunnels, bus …
The price of riding subways, buses and crossing bridges and tunnels in NY is going up tomorrow. The MTA Board has approved increases that keep the base fare for subways and buses at $2.75 and adjust the pay-per-ride bonus to 5%, making the effective fare with the bonus $2.62. The 7-Day Unlimited Ride MetroCard will …
NEW YORK — Mayor Bill de Blasio announced hiring for the first of 200 new jobs to be created by the Citywide Ferry Service launching this summer. All boats will now be docked, fueled and maintained out of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where an additional passenger stop also will be added starting in 2018. The …
The Port Authority Board of Commissioners has approved the agency’s largest ever $32.2 billion Capital Plan for the next 10 years, which includes the LaGuardia Airport remodel, replacement of Port Authority Bus Terminal and overhaul of George Washington Bridge. The plan allows for $11.6 billion in major redevelopment projects to advance at the region’s major …
NEW YORK — CLEAR — a NY-based company that lets members breeze through airport security using their finger or eyes — has announced a major expansion that includes New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Minneapolis-St. Paul airports. CLEAR lanes open today at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and debuted at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York late last month. …
NEW YORK — The first phase of the Second Avenue Subway is now open. The joint venture of AECOM-Arup engineering firms is celebrating its completion at the beginning of the year for the MTA. It is the first major expansion of New York City’s subway system in nearly a century, the 1.8 mile stretch of …
NEW YORK — New York Cruise Lines, Inc. (NYCL) and The Durst Organization have closed a transaction for the sale of New York Water Taxi (NYWT) and Circle Line Downtown to New York Cruise Lines, owner of Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts, located on 42nd Street and the Hudson River. Terms of the purchase weren’t released. The combination …
NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that Citi Bike had set another ridership record in 2016, with nearly 14 million trips – shattering the record set in 2015 by more than 4 million. The Citi Bike program, the largest bike-share program in North America, now regularly serves over 60,000 trips per day – on par …
Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority have announced the details for the start of the Second Avenue Subway’s first regular service train New Year’s Day, January 1st, 2017. The Second Avenue Subway will begin operation at noon, Jan. 1, with stations opening at 11:45 a.m. Service will run from 96th Street, 86th Street, 72nd Street, …
NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that 56th Street between 6th and 5th avenues near Trump Tower will reopen to crosstown traffic, following several weeks of closure. In addition, the New York City Police Department will relocate their mobile command post from the southwest corner of 56th Street to the northwest corner of 56th Street. This will allow …
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo announced high-speed open road, cashless tolling will be completed on all MTA-operated bridges and tunnels in the New York metropolitan region by the end of 2017, with automatic tolling beginning at the Hugh L. Carey and Queens Midtown Tunnels next month. The state will also deploy 150 State Troopers beginning in …
The Port Authority of NY and NJ announced that PATH’s 33rd Street line once again will be fully operational on weekends, starting Christmas Eve, following the installation of new safety and signalization upgrades. The 33rd Street line connects riders from the Hoboken Station in NJ to midtown Manhattan. Weekend closures began in early August to …
Tappan Zee Constructors, comprised of Fluor Enterprises, Inc., American Bridge Company, Granite Construction Northeast, Inc., and Traylor Bros., Inc., has completed all eight 419-foot towers of the New Tappan Zee Bridge project that will replace the old bridge connecting Rockland County with Westchester County on I-87. The new bridge is scheduled for completion in 2018. …
Greyhound, the largest intercity bus transportation company in North America, said it expects to serve over 850,000 customers this holiday season, nearly double the number of customers that traveled with Greyhound this Thanksgiving. Three of the five busiest routes for Greyhound will leave or arrive in NYC’s Port Authority Bus Terminal. Greyhound serves over 3,800 destinations …