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Hochul plans to invest heavily in the MTA; will prioritize ‘TriboroRx’ over Second Avenue subway

Incoming Governor Kathy Hochul plans to invest heavily in the Metropolitan Transit Authority, including billions to modernize aging track and signal systems, to purchase new trains, to construct new subway and elevated rail lines, and to rebuild the system’s busiest

Citizens for Regional Transit to discuss year in review at Thursday meeting

The Transit Year in Review and Looking Ahead to Transportation in Buffalo Niagara for 2020 and Beyond: CRT Addresses Recent and Future Trends for Transit and Other Transportation Modes CRT Quarterly Public Meeting—Thursday, January 16, 2020 When: Doors open

Downstate lawmakers demand more transit projects — as Chairman Kennedy declines to do so for WNY

Members of the Assembly representing Bronx, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties urge MTA Chairman Foye to add critically needed projects currently left out of the $51.5 billion MTA Capital Plan TARRYTOWN, NY – The members of the New

MTA can’t release public records on time, either

The Empire Center for Public Policy this week filed Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) appeals with the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) after six of its seven subsidiaries failed to release public payroll records. The appeals come after the Empire Center

Tim Kennedy may be willing to fight for a wider expansion of the light rail system

Senator Tim Kennedy — the newly appointed chairman of the Transportation Committee — will be overseeing the architecture of a massive omnibus spending bill designed to address New York City’s mass transit crisis. Modernizing the New York City subway system

Don’t let the NFTA screw up the riverfront

The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority is considering two alternatives in its planning of an extension of the light rail system to the the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino and the future site of an anticipated Buffalo Bills Stadium. The first —

The next Buffalo Billion should be invested in mass transit

Contrary to the prevailing discourse that mass transit is an unending money pit that should be avoided, now is the time we should be aggressively building out our light rail system. It will catalyze a real estate investment and construction