Jules Verne in Long Island City
The MTA’s Tunnel Boring Machine broke through to daylight on the day after Christmas, completing Tunnel A of the East Side Access project, which will…
Vote For Best New MTA App
What’s the most useful transit-related app out there? The MTA needs your help to find out. Voting continues through 5 PM Wednesday 1/11 for the best…
Weekend Videos : Essex St Trolley Terminal & Return to the City
VIDEO: Check out the Essex St Trolley Terminal which has been closed off for 60 years, and Return to the City is an awesome use of re-imagined time-lapse photography.
De-crowding the L, NYC 3rd Most Artistic City, Pilot Study Uses Mussels to Naturally Clean Bronx River
MTA reports that L trains should be less crowded after additional weekend trains are added, and a new signaling system should be finished early next…
Tapping the Tappan Zee for Wind, Arts for Transit Director Speaks Out, and Outdoor Restaurant Seating on West Eighth
Tapping the Tappan Zee Bridge for Wind Power – really cool idea. Urban Omnibus has an extended interview with the MTA’s Art for Transit Director. Gothamist reports on a neighborhood plan for West Eighth Street that hinges on outdoor restaurant seating.
Break through on Second Avenue Subway
Workers completed tunneling for the first phase of the Second Avenue Subway on Sept. 22, 2011, when the project’s tunnel boring machine reached the Lexington Av-63 St station, breaking into the existing subway system.
MTA Adds Giant New Touchscreen That Tells You Where Delays Are
Hands-On With New York’s On the Go Mobile Station, a 47-inch Touchscreen Subway Map.