NEW YORK, June 5 (Xinhua) -- In a surprising move, New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced a halt to the highly controversial Manhattan congestion pricing plan.
The City Council's proposed expansion of the Fair Fares half-priced MetroCard would benefit some 650,000 additional low-income New Yorkers, a new report finds.
Amid New York City's skyrocketing cost of living, city council is calling on the mayor's office to drop $55 million to expand access to Fair Fares -- a program that gives low-income New Yorkers reduced subway and bus fares.
NYC Transit President Richard Davey, chief of subways and buses, was named the new chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) by
OMNY, the contactless fare payment system, was meant to be the wave of the future when the MTA introduced it five years ago, but since then, it's run into major roadblocks in NYC.
Richard Davey, the head of subways, buses, and paratransit at the MTA, is rumored to be leaving his post after two years to head the Massachusetts Port