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Someone is Driving with a Defaced Plate — And Sticking a Staten Island Man with the Bill
Meet Brett Roses, a Staten Island resident who has been receiving toll bills for a driver who defaced his plate so that it looked like Roses's.
August 17, 2023
‘Maliciously Obstructed’ License Plates Surge on MTA Bridges and Tunnels
MTA toll gantries snapped 32,313 "maliciously obstructed" plates in November 2022 — a nearly 200-fold increase from 2017.
July 24, 2023
New York Doubles Down on Congestion Pricing After New Jersey Sues
"Congestion pricing is going to happen," a defiant Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Friday.
July 21, 2023
‘They’re All Adults’ — But Did The Traffic Mobility Review Board Do The Reading?
Meet the six people who will decide the future of New York City's congestion pricing program. Great news if you want to serve on a panel in your future: You don't have to pay much attention before you get there.
July 21, 2023
MTA’s ‘Hope’ for Eric Adams: ‘Stay With Us’ On Fordham Road
"Our hope is that we DOT stays with us and we're implementing this, hopefully, later this year," MTA New York City Transit President Richard Davey said.
July 20, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: $2.90 Metrocard (OR OMNY!) Edition
The cost of a subway and bus trip will increase from $2.75 to $2.90 next month. Plus other news.
July 20, 2023
$7 Metro-North, LIRR Peak Fare Coming in August as MTA Finally Kills Atlantic Ticket
A little-loved but useful ticket discount was tossed overboard when the MTA voted on its fare hikes and other changes on Wednesday.
July 20, 2023
Wednesday’s Headlines: Traffic Mobility Review Board Edition
The panel tasked with coming up with congestion pricing toll recommendations for the MTA board to approve meets for the first time on Wednesday. Plus other news.
July 19, 2023
Is A $15 Toll The ‘Political Sweet Spot’ for Congestion Pricing?
A "modest" $15 peak-hour, $9 weekend, and $3 off-peak toll combination would cut traffic by 14 percent and raise $1.2 billion for the MTA, economists Charles Komanoff and Gernot Wagner said in a new report.
July 17, 2023
Tuesday’s Headlines: Service Outrages (Er, Outages) Edition
Other than the mayor mocking a sitting Council member, the big news is that the MTA has set up an entirely new way to alert you to service outages.
July 11, 2023
