public transportation
‘Chivalry is dead’: What men just aren’t doing anymore
June 24, 2025 | 3:38pmIs Chivalry dead? After a grown man practically trampled me to get on the bus recently, I’d be inclined to say yes.
Roosevelt Island locals want fast pass to take tram as selfie-crazed tourists turn transit into attraction
June 8, 2025 | 7:58pmFed-up Roosevelt Islanders want "priority boarding” for residents who are routinely forced to wait in line with hordes of selfie-obsessed tourists who’ve turned the transportation system into a carnival ride.
MTA's latest attempt to thwart fare evaders has critics sounding alarms over safety: 'Putting people's lives at risk'
May 2, 2025 | 6:30amThe MTA has gone off the rails with its fare evasion crackdown, critics say.
Video shows grown man cozying up inside baby crib aboard NYC subway car: 'I get him honestly'
April 26, 2025 | 1:00pmA grown man was recently seen pushing a baby crib inside of a New York City subway car – before hopping into it and getting cozy himself, according to a...
Gun-wielding madman on the loose after flashing two firearms at NYC bus driver: cops
April 19, 2025 | 7:16pmThe terrifying incident unfolded when a BX41 bus rolled up to 170th Street and Webster Avenue in The Bronx on Saturday afternoon, the NYPD said.
NY has most dangerous public transit in America — but this state tops the most deaths: data
April 12, 2025 | 11:01amMass transit in New York State is the most dangerous in the country, according to a new analysis of federal Department of Transportation data.
Execs on NYC's Roosevelt Island spent $170K in taxpayer?cash to launch anti-tourist smear campaign: probe
April 10, 2025 | 1:19pmRoosevelt Island officials launched a smear campaign to blame tourists -- and not mismanagement -- for repeated problems with the island's famed Tramway, a scathing state report reveals.
Harrison Ford kisses wife Calista Flockhart goodbye as he rides the subway for the first time in years
April 1, 2025 | 11:45amHarrison Ford reportedly told a fellow subway passenger that he hadn't rode the train in years.
Editorial: Fix the transit system we have before blowing $7.7B on a 2nd Ave. subway extension
March 26, 2025 | 7:37pmMTA officials are begging Team Trump and New York lawmakers for billions to keep the trains running and fund $68 billion in capital projects.
Hooray! Team Trump is rescuing working-class motorists from Kathy Hochul's elitist Midtown tolls
February 19, 2025 | 6:51pmHooray! Team Trump has come to the rescue of working-class motorists and killed the city’s despised congestion-pricing tolls. Kudos to President Donald Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
MTA honcho quiet on plan to fill $33B budget hole — but outside group pitches longshot taxes, fees
February 6, 2025 | 6:54pmThe MTA chief declined to share ideas Thursday on how to plug the agency's $35-billion budget hole, but suggestions from outside groups include taxing deliveries in the Big Apple.
20,000 NJ commuters scrambling for alternate routes to NYC as Hoboken PATH station set for monthlong closure
January 30, 2025 | 6:06pmThe Hoboken PATH station is set to close for about a month starting Thursday night – leaving nearly 20,000 daily station riders scrambling for alternate routes to get to Manhattan.
Selfie-obsessed tourists create Roosevelt Island tram jam: 'Horrible, horrible!'
December 31, 2024 | 2:16pm“This is insane. ... In all my time on the Island, I have never seen something like this,'' said a Roosevelt resident named Ashley to The Post on Sunday morning...
The MTA won't quit squeezing New Yorkers for cash — even as it shells it out by the billions
December 22, 2024 | 6:11amOn Wednesday, the MTA OK'd a plan to hike fares nearly 4% next year, even as it charges motorists $9 to drive in midtown Manhattan — and all while shelling...
MTA's costly fare-evader study: Letters to the Editor — Dec. 17, 2024
December 16, 2024 | 7:40pmNY Post readers discuss the MTA’s $1 million plan to understand the psychology of fare evaders.
San Francisco OKs $212M plan to finally replace aging train system run by floppy disks
November 4, 2024 | 2:13pmThe Municipal Transportation Agency board approved a new contract with Hitachi Rail to upgrade its existing train control system.
Off the rails: Over half of NYC straphangers feel unsafe, unsatisfied on subways
November 2, 2024 | 9:46amThis spring, just 45% of straphangers said they felt safe aboard trains, according to the results of the MTA’s Customers Count spring 2024 survey.?
Transit workers fired for refusing COVID vaccines on religious grounds are awarded $1.3M each
October 25, 2024 | 1:49pmSix San Francisco public transport employees who were fired for refusing to get COVID-19 vaccines have been awarded more than $1 million each.
Lovers' train station quickie causes flood, forces evacuation, and strands Olivia Rodrigo concertgoers
October 16, 2024 | 1:46pmA couple looking for a quiet corner knocked a sprinkler, flooding a train station, and causing delays to concert goers leaving a major international show.
'Dirty' commuter hit with $300 fine for 'selfish' public transport behavior
October 15, 2024 | 1:13pmA Melbourne commuter took to the social media platform to vent their frustration over a fine they received over a "little-known rule".?