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MTA's Q70 airport connection
The project will create faster, more frequent and more reliable service on the Q70 LaGuardia Link bus line that connects the airport with the subway in Jackson Heights, N.Y., ...
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LIRR Mastic-Shirley renovation
March 17, 2025
The renovated station features a new plaza area and a reconstructed platform shelter.
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MTA Metro-North Railroad train.
Metro-North Railroad saw a 100 percent on-time performance day across all three train lines for the 21st time on March 9 while Long Island Rail Road has seen a 2025 year-to-date...
Long Island Rail Road
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is investing $150 million to connect the LIRR's Ronkonkoma Station with the proposed North Terminal at MacArthur Airport,
Feb. 13, 2025
The project will include a pedestrian walkway linking the airport and LIRR station, redesigned road networks and upgrades to various infrastructure to improve the passenger experience...
Transit Tech Lab
The 13 companies who were selected by the Transit Tech Lab to participate in last year’s TTL challenges program will continue to work with the lab’s regional transportation agency partners in larger-scale pilots.
Feb. 11, 2025
The pilot programs will continue to utilize technologies from the same transit tech companies who were selected in the Transit Tech Lab’s 2024 pilot challenges.
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 MTA moving forward with planned capital projects in 2025
Many projects, including more reliable new subway cars, more efficient new LIRR locomotives, station accessibility improvements and signal upgrades to the A and C lines in Brooklyn...
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MTA releases RFP for engineering phase of Interborough Express .
The RFP represents a major step in the design of the transformative transit project, which will connect communities in Brooklyn and Queens, N.Y., to 17 subway lines, 51 current...
Long Island Rail Road
By the end of 2024, posters with a QR code will be adhered to the walls inside of the bathrooms on every LIRR train where they can be easily seen.
Oct. 29, 2024
Riders and employees use a QR code to report any mess or complaint on bathroom tidiness in the stations to improve LIRR maintenance and efficiency.
Long Island Rail Road
The new entrance is part of a public-private partnership in which BXP is redeveloping the site, which housed the MTA’s headquarters building from 1979 to 2014.
The agency is working to make traveling independently for people with disabilities a reality by giving blind, low vision and deaf or blind customers the ability to navigate its...
Jacobs
MTA selects Jacobs as program management consultant for LIRR station improvements project.
Jacobs will provide program management services, overseeing construction and commercial management, design compliance and risk identification.

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New Jersey Transit ALP-45DP
Feb. 18, 2025
The transition to zero-emission technology on the bus side is well documented, yet significant challenges remain for passenger rail agencies to make a similar net-zero transition...
Amtrak
Transit agencies, state DOT’s come together to celebrate See Tracks? Think Train® Week.
Sept. 27, 2024
The week was launched by OLI in 2017 to focus attention on the importance of making safe choices when driving or walking near railroad tracks and trains.
Boingo Wireless
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Dec. 7, 2023
The new wireless networks cover more than 18 miles of tunnels and are designed to make travel and commuting easier, faster and more convenient.
Marc A. Hermann / MTA
Metropolitan Transportation Authority has completed the LIRR Third Track project, the centerpiece of a LIRR Main Line Expansion Project.
The 9.8-mile project wrapped on time and is reportedly $100 million below budget.
Marc A. Hermann / MTA
Governor Kathy Hochul and MTA Chair and MTA CEO Janno Lieber announce the completion of the first portion of work to widen the Long Island Rail Road 33rd Street concourse in Penn Station on Tuesday, Sep 6, 2022.
The wider and brighter concourse is one element to overhaul the station into a ‘world-class transit hub.’
Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of Governor Kathy Hochul
May 31, 2022 - New York City — Governor Kathy Hochul is joined by MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber and Metro-North President/LIRR Interim President Catherine Rinaldi at Grand Central Terminal on Monday, May 31, 2022 to announce the branding of “Grand Central Madison.” The major capital construction project, previously known as “East Side Access,” brings LIRR service to Grand Central with a new concourse extending west toward Madison Avenue. (Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)
June 1, 2022
The terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal is the largest passenger rail terminal to be built in the U.S. since the 1950s and is on schedule to be completed in December 2022....
Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
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Jan. 6, 2022
The proposal calls for a rail connection for Queens and Brooklyn residents that would improve mobility into Manhattan, as well as around the surrounding communities.
Airborne Studios and RCC
An overview of the entire project site for the LIRR Mid-Suffolk Train Yard. The 11 new tracks are seen at the right, as is the new employee facility.
June 8, 2021
Railroad Construction Company’s thorough planning, quality communication and flexibility set it up to successfully deliver LIRR’s New Mid-Suffolk Electric project.
Office of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
The Moynihan Train Hall’s skylight includes an acre of glass. The hall also features a signature clock designed to evoke the nostalgia of rail travel.
Jan. 4, 2021
The $1.6-billion train hall and improved NY Penn Station will operate as one complex designed for passenger comfort.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin
APTA awarded a Gold Award to Long Island Rail Road as part its Rail Safety Awards.
Sept. 23, 2020
The annual recognition honors transit agencies for innovative and proactive safety and security programs.

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Larry Penner
Larry Penner
Nov. 22, 2024
Some critical details were missing from New York Sen. Chuck Schumer's announcement that he has secured $72 million from the United States Department of Transportation for various...
Larry Penner
Larry Penner
Oct. 25, 2024
The original Brooklyn Manhattan Rapid Transit and Interboro Rapid Transit shuttles subway systems were constructed and managed by the private sector with no government operating...
Larry Penner
Larry Penner
Oct. 18, 2024
There is always an agreed upon baseline construction schedule between the MTA and the construction contractor.
Larry Penner
Larry Penner
Oct. 4, 2024
The promise by the MTA that the purchase of 1,500 new NYC Transit subway and 500 new LIRR and Metro-North commuter rail cars will be delivered and in revenue service under the...
Larry Penner
Larry Penner
Sept. 27, 2024
MTA will have to revise its proposed 2025 - 2029 Five Year Capital Plan to deal with a more realistic level of future funding. availability.
Larry Penner
Larry Penner
Sept. 20, 2024
Depending upon where you live, consider the public transportation alternative. Try riding a local or express bus, paratransit or commuter van, ferry, light rail, commuter rail...
Larry Penner
Larry Penner
Aug. 30, 2024
It is unfair to keep asking commuters to pay a higher fare and continue to see so many who routinely go unpunished for not paying their fare.
Larry Penner
Larry Penner.
Aug. 16, 2024
The failure to initiate the new ferry service as recently announced by the city of Glen Cove, N.Y., Mayor Pamela Panzenbeck will result in the city having to pay back the Federal...
Larry Penner
July 12, 2024
The number one priority for the MTA should always be to reach and maintain a state of good repair.