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MTA Hero: Surface Line Dispatcher Peter Watts helped improve B103 service
This week's MTA hero is Peter Watts, a Surface Line Dispatcher with the Department of Buses for New York City Transit.
Caroline Kent's murals transform Union Station with 'Art at Amtrak'
Artist Caroline Kent poses for a portrait at her studio in Humboldt Park. Kent is the talent behind a large, site-specific mural in Union Station and forthcoming exhibitions at the Smart Museum and ...
‘It’s an appalling betrayal’: Is the MTA tracking thousands of New York City schoolchildren through their metro cards?
The student’s school notified the parent about suspicious OMNY card use activity, said S.T.O.P. Executive Director Albert Fox Cahn. This system would only be feasible, he added, if student locations ...
Meet the man behind Leeds United’s murals: ‘I’m not Leonardo da Vinci’
Like thousands of Leeds supporters down the years, you may have travelled down Elland Road itself and seen Robert Endeacott’s latest canvas ...
Museum exhibit focuses on 100 songs about NYC from Sinatra to Lil’ Kim, and everything in between
The Museum of the City of New York’s “Songs of New York: 100 Years of Imagining the City Through Music” opens Friday, ...
MTA tries shields to stop subway fare evaders weeks after adding turnstile spikes
The MTA is trying something new to deter fare evaders just weeks after installing spikes on some subway turnstiles.
New Erie Canal educational lesson plans geared for fourth-graders now available
The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the New York State Canal Corporation recently announced the release of new educational materials geared for fourth graders learning about the Erie ...
NYC subway fare beaters easily crawl under, hop over turnstiles equipped with MTA’s new anti-evasion bars
Rule-breaking riders are easily dropping to all fours to slip under turnstiles that the MTA equipped with new crescent-shaped ...