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The proposed Interborough Express connecting Brooklyn and Queens will move forward as a light rail project, Governor Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday in her

Railroad industry news about: Interborough Express, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA, Long Island Rail Road, CSX, Bay Ridge Branch, Fremont Secondary, transit equity. From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine

Hochul proposed changes to New York's bail reform laws, a $1 billion investment in mental health services and offered a housing vision that would build 800,000 new homes over the next 10 years.

Speaking before state lawmakers, the governor committed to coming up with a “comprehensive set of solutions” to the significant hurdles facing the MTA. Transportation watchdog and advocacy groups want to see specifics.

Governor Kathy Hochul used her State of the State address Tuesday to unveil a suite of policy proposals related to transit, including advancing the

While continuing to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, New York's sprawling transit system experienced plenty of upheaval in 2022 — from new leadership at

A derelict rail line is being reimagined as a linear park, like Manhattan’s High Line. But in a borough that lacks both green space and transportation, locals wonder whether its best use would the original one.

Give credit where credit is due with the Interborough Express proposed by Gov. Hochul: For a governor to finally take notice of an underused freight-rail line running from Brooklyn into Queens, and pushing to convert that line to passenger rail, is an idea whose time has finally come.

Commuters say they're often stranded without a direct subway link between the boroughs.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials haven't decided whether to go with heavy rail akin to commuter or subway trains, a specially built bus system, or light rail. But a few constraints laid out by agency experts at town hall discussion could prompt the agency to chug ahead with light rail.