The Dissent

Two G train stations in Williamsburg are newly confirmed accessible on the MTA's June 11 update, while a July 16 City Co...

July 27, 2026

Seven Months In, the Queens Boulevard F/M Swap Is Drawing Passing Grades

Seven months after a skeptical start, the MTA says its weekday F/M service restructuring on the Queens Boulevard Line is...

July 27, 2026

MTA Is Cutting 1, 2, and 3 Service This Weekend to Replace Aging Switches on the Seventh Ave Line

NYC Transit pulled back service on the 1, 2, and 3 trains starting July 24 to replace aging track switches on the IRT Se...

Metro-North's Four Bronx Stations Were Due in 2027. An Amtrak-MTA Fight Has Them Delayed.

The Penn Station Access project — four new Metro-North stops in the East Bronx, including Co-op City — broke ground in D...

NYC's First Open-Competitive Subway Train Operator List Since 2018 Lands 4,367 Names

The DCAS civil service list for Train Operator Exam 4605 was established July 22 with 4,367 ranked candidates — the firs...

Walk Signal Isn't a Shield: 99 Dead in NYC's First Half of 2026, Every Intersection Killing at an Undaylit Corner

Transportation Alternatives' H1 2026 analysis found 99 New Yorkers killed in traffic — one every two days — and every pe...

PATH Weekend Ridership Hits Post-2012 High After Port Authority Restores Nonstop Journal Square Service

Average June Saturday ridership hit 144,391 and Sunday 114,146 — records in data going back to 2012 — after the Port Aut...

July 23, 2026

At 86th/Lex, the Weekend Express Shutdown Is Doubling as ADA Staging Time

Weekend express track closures northbound on the Lexington Ave line are being used to stage ADA construction at 86th Str...

FDNY Drives Through BQE Floodwater to Rescue Stranded Drivers in Woodside

Saturday's flash flooding turned a stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway near Roosevelt Avenue into a rescue scene,...

Construction Barriers Appear at 42nd St-Bryant Park, a B/D/F/M Station Without Elevator Access Since It Opened

Construction activity has begun on the uptown side of 42nd Street-Bryant Park, a Midtown station that has been in the MT...

Central Park Jogger Remains in Medically Induced Coma Eleven Days After E-Bike Strike; NYPD Has Opened No Investigation

Jean, who was struck from behind by an e-bike on West Drive near West 64th Street on July 7, is in a medically induced c...

Ferries Held at Pier 11 as World Cup Final Security Swept the Downtown Heliport

A rider on the East River route reported NYC Ferry boats held at the Pier 11/Wall St dock on July 18, with what appeared...

MTA Launches Study to Double-Track and Electrify LIRR's Diesel Stretch to Riverhead; Results Due Early 2027

The MTA announced a formal feasibility study on July 17 to add a second track and electrify the single-track diesel LIRR...

Two Killed in Chain-Reaction Crash on GCP at Kew Gardens Interchange; Third Fatal Queens Motorcycle Collision in Three Weeks

A motorcyclist and his passenger were killed Thursday evening when a chain-reaction crash on the Grand Central Parkway i...

Brooklyn and Queens Share a 10-Mile Border. Direct Buses Cross It in Just Two Places.

In a system with more than 300 bus routes, direct service between Brooklyn and Queens is squeezed into two narrow corrid...

Between 4/5/6 Stations, Dead Zones Are Infrastructure — Not Your Plan

Signal drops between 4/5/6 platforms aren't a carrier problem — they're a documented infrastructure gap.

Water at Court Sq Knocks E Off Its Queens Route; N Runs in Two Sections; Streets Gridlock

Flooding near Court Sq–23 St in Long Island City forced the E onto a Roosevelt Island reroute Saturday, while the 7 bypa...

The 10 PM Train Is Crowded Because Off-Peak Ridership Is Back. Rush Hour Isn't.

NYC subway Sunday trips reached 81.5% of pre-pandemic levels in 2024, while average weekday ridership sat at 68% — a 13-...

Q Train Is Running on the 6th Ave Line Today, Making Stops the B Normally Makes

The B is not running Saturday, July 18, and Q trains are covering the IND 6th Avenue corridor — appearing at West 4th St...

6 Train's Weekday On-Time Rate Dropped to 72.8% in May, Its Worst in Three Months

The Lexington Avenue local's weekday terminal OTP fell 4.4 points from March to May, backed by MTA data — but equipment...

July 16, 2026

FRA Study Puts a Number on Penn Station's Ceiling: 32 Trains Per Hour at Rush

The Federal Railroad Administration released a Phase I study Wednesday finding that Penn Station could handle 32 trains...

Outer-Borough Drivers Are Timing Around the $9 Toll. The Queensboro Bridge Numbers Say So.

Manhattan-bound traffic on the Queensboro Bridge fell 24 percent in the year after the $9 CRZ peak toll took effect — an...

Hudson Rail Link Runs Weekdays Only. Metro-North Still Runs Weekends.

The feeder shuttle that carries riders between Metro-North's Spuyten Duyvil and Riverdale stations and the neighborhoods...

Tremont Avenue to Get the Bronx's First Busway This Year

Mayor Mamdani advanced a project Wednesday to install a dedicated busway along Tremont Avenue in the Bronx — the borough...

$7.5M Federal Grant Targets Three LIRR Ronkonkoma Branch Grade Crossings for Design

A $7,461,000 federal grant announced July 15 will fund preliminary design work to eliminate three at-grade rail-road cro...

At Ditmars Blvd, the Bottleneck Isn't the Signs. It's the Signals.

Astoria riders watching N trains stack at the northern terminus wonder whether new digital-sign cars will speed turnarou...

July 14, 2026

Port Authority Is Selling Salvaged Lincoln Tunnel Bricks for $2.25 Each

The Port Authority is listing eight types of historic brick from a Lincoln Tunnel retaining wall deconstruction on Orbit...

July 14, 2026

Any Musician Can Play Times Square Station. MTA Music Gets Priority on the Best Spots.

The performers at Times Square–42 St are there legally — almost all of them.

July 14, 2026

E-Bike Crashes Now Account for More Than Half of Bellevue's Trauma Admissions, Study Finds