Sep. 23, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA’s $68 billion capital plan, unveiled last week, proposes starting construction on the Interborough Express (IBX), the potentially transformative light rail link between Brooklyn and Queens, within this decade. The 2025-29 capital plan, the transit agency’s overarching five-year spending priorities for maintenance, renewal, and expansion, includes $2.75 billion…
Jul. 11, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
When Gov. Kathy Hochul made the eleventh-hour decision on June 5 to shelve congestion pricing, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was forced to suspend $16.5 billion in previously-announced upgrades and projects.
Jun. 10, 2024 By Dean Moses
The angry fallout over Gov. Kathy Hochul’s last-minute move to indefinitely delay congestion pricing continued in Brooklyn on Sunday, as a coalition of fuming bus and subway riders protested and vented against the controversial decision.