The $1.403 billion in overtime spent by the MTA in 2024 was down about 0.5% from its record-setting overtime expenditure in 2023, according to a year-end financial report released earlier this week. But the amount was still 1.3% above the $1.385 billion the transit agency had earmarked for overtime last year.

The survey received over 80,000 responses from the MTA’s ridership, including riders from Long Island Rail Road and MNR.

Deadbeat drivers racked up $5.1 billion in unpaid MTA tolls and violations over four years — a number likely sent skyrocketing since “cashless” systems replaced the old payment booths, records reveal.

Outrage mounted over congestion pricing to enter Manhattan after the MTA downplayed its own figures saying that deadbeats owed the agency billions of dollars in tolls and late fees for skipping

but he plans to request that the court allow the state to file an amended complaint that would essentially seek to continue the litigation against the Federal Highway Administration and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority — but with new arguments.

Attorneys for New Jersey filed an amended lawsuit challenging the federal review and approval of the current $9 congestion pricing fee, saying it was "rubber stamped."

The Vital City report also spotlighted crime at subway stations such as Grand Central; 59th Street-Columbus Circle on the A, B, C, D and 1 trains; and the 74th Street-Broadway/Jackson Heights station on the 7, E, F, M and R lines in Queens.

Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposed budget includes about $6.9 billion for state-owned road and bridge construction and repair, $3 billion toward the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s latest capital plan and boosts to the operating budgets of the MTA and other downstate transit agencies.

According to the EMTA, items like coats, boots, blankets, snow shovels and bus passes are a few of the highly requested items the USCRI seeks during the winter.

Former U.S. Rep. Marc Molinaro is expected to be appointed by President Donald J. Trump to lead the Federal Transit Administration, a source briefed on the appointment process said Tuesday morning. A spokesman for Molinaro,

Trump is considering appointing Marc Molinaro to run the federal agency that oversees public transit – a move that could spell trouble for Manhattan’s unpopular congestion toll.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the city of Boston saw 8% faster travel times and fewer delays along two test routes last year.