New York

New York Subway Outage Highlights Ongoing Woes at Metropolitan Transportation Authority

August 31, 2021 The Center Square

Calling Sunday night’s breakdown unprecedented and unacceptable, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged to New York City subway users to find out what caused the chain reaction of events that led to more than 80 trains being knocked out of service for more than four hours.

Fiscal 2022 Bill Includes Billions for Rail, Northeast Corridor

July 30, 2021 The Center Square

The seven-bill fiscal 2022 appropriations package the U.S. House of Representatives passed includes billions of dollars for rail projects.

New Jersey Congress Members Want FTA to Commit to ‘Long-Standing’ Funding Formula

July 27, 2021 The Center Square

New Jersey’s House delegation has banded together to urge the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to keep the agency’s long-standing funding formula when it allocates $14.2 billion in funding to transit agencies in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.

INVEST in America Act would send $13.5 billion to the Northeast Corridor

July 2, 2021 The Center Square

The U.S. House signed off on legislation that could send billions of dollars to Amtrak for the Northeast Corridor, but precisely how the railroad might use the money is unclear.

Cuomo nominates Feinberg to chair MTA board, Lieber as MTA president

June 8, 2021 The Center Square

Gov. Andrew Cuomo nominated Sarah Feinberg, who has served as New York City Transit’s interim president since March 2020, as the new chair of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board.

Operation Lifesaver, Federal Highway Administration Award $200,000 in Grants to State Programs

June 2, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

Operation Lifesaver Inc. and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) last month announced $200,000 in grants to Operation Lifesaver programs in 11 states.

Workers wrap civil construction on $11 billion East Side Access project in New York City

May 28, 2021 The Center Square

Crews in New York City have completed “civil construction” on the East Side Access project, an $11 billion endeavor to build a 350,000-square-foot passenger station beneath Grand Central Terminal to allow the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) to enter the complex.