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New York built its most beautiful subway - then abandoned it

At the dawn of the New York subway, leaders wanted a station that inspired confidence and awe. City Hall Station was built as ...

Free Buses? How About Expanding the Subway by 41 Miles Instead?

Some transit advocates are wary of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to subsidize bus fares and argue the money would be better ...

Amtrak to restore full NYC-to-Albany service, nixing Metro-North plan

Amtrak will restore a full schedule of service between Penn Station and Albany in early March — which also puts the kibosh on an MTA plan to run Metro-North trains from Grand Central to ...
El Adelantado de Segovia

Confirmed by the MTA—traveling by subway, bus, and train in New York will cost more starting in January

As we've discussed in other articles, with the arrival of 2026, changes are coming to various areas of government administration. These changes will also ...
The Nation on MSN

Can New York adapt the subway for the climate crisis?

Environment / StudentNation / As climate change leads to record rainfalls, the city’s 120-year-old subway system is more vulnerable to flooding than ever. Ilana Cohen This story was produced for ...

NYC’s $1.1B subway fare gates mocked online as riders easily bypass barriers

New York City’s costly new subway fare gates are facing ridicule as viral videos show riders easily climbing over barriers ...

Bhavitha Mandava Studied Architecture in India. Then, Her Modeling Career Took Off in a Subway Station in N.Y.C. (Exclusive)

After a fated meeting with a talent manager in Brooklyn, now almost everyone — including Mindy Kaling — knows her name ...