Metropolitan Transportation Authority News

Normally, operational and maintenance expenses along the Metro-North rail line are split between the state Department of Transportation and the New York-based Metropolitan Transportation Authority .

Activists are charging the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority with violating the civil rights of a half-million bus riders, 75 percent of them black or Latino, by cutting 1 million hours of bus service and raising monthly bus passes to $72 while giving away public funds to rail developers and contractors.

Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Austin, Texas, rehired Cornerstone Advisors as investment consultant for its defined benefit pension plan and three 401 plans, according to a contract posted on procurement website Onvia DemandStar.

Sometimes it seems there's a deliberate attempt by bureaucrats to use language as off-putting as possible with the purpose of creating a wall of boredom that only the most determined or demented will take the time to penetrate.

Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov.

Two Metro-North Railroad trains have collided on a stretch of track near Fairfield, Conn., causing a "major derailment" and "preliminary reports of injuries," according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority .

Members of New York City's musical underground - and those hoping to join it - performed before an audience of judges and spectators at Grand Central Terminal Monday during auditions for the Music Under New York program.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says its $1 "green fee" on purchases of brand new MetroCards is bringing in more cash than it anticipated.

As superstorm Sandy barreled toward the tri-state area, two of the nation's largest transportation agencies worked to safeguard their systems, moving buses and rail cars to areas they thought would be protected.

And among the throng were some high-profile Democrats, including former Councilman Jerome O'Donovan and Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member Allen Cappelli.

With much of the immediate Superstorm Sandy recovery work completed, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is turning its sights on longer-term projects caused by the storm.

Some parts of the subway system are long overdue for safety inspection, according to an audit report by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's inspector general.

The completion date of the massive project to widen the 405 Freeway has now been extended into 2014, according to the LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Los Angeles Times.

In recent weeks, William C. Thompson Jr. has been increasingly unfurling mayoral endorsements from African-American and Hispanic leaders, hoping to solidify his base.

It's a classic illustration about fast-money fixes in Nassau County: 17 years after then-Executive Thomas Gulotta did a deal with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to raise fast cash, the mess is still costing taxpayers.

Sag Harbor's Mayor Brian Gilbride is so determined that the village take over a piece of land near the waterfront that he is considering condemning it.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority police arrested a Bridgeport man alleged to have punched a Metro-North Railroad conductor on a New Haven bound train Sunday afternoon,. MTA police charged Calvin Walker , 47, of Bridgeport with assault on a Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker, interfering with police, and sixth-degree larceny, ... (more)

Emergency services and bomb squad officers from the NYPD are investigating a suspicious package found Monday on a subway platform serving Grand Central Terminal, the NYPD and Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.

Music-loving hipsters hoping to hop on the subway and soak in some Har Mar Superstar at the Northside Festival in Williasburg this June are going to have to either hitchhike or take the bus because their beloved L train will be closed for repair.

Tech whizzes are taking part in a two-day "hackathon" in Brooklyn to develop mobile apps for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.