Vowing that “on time and on budget has to be the mantra,” former Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO Thomas Prendergast was hired Thursday to run the agency building the $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel under the Hudson River.

The MTA released a report Monday showing traffic heading into New York City was down a week after the new congestion pricing plan went into effect.

Several of those metaphorically calling for Janno’s head cited the transit chief’s New Year’s Eve publicity stunt celebrating the implementation of a phased-in $15 congestion pricing toll on

Despite the controversial new tax, MTA funding remains billions of dollars in the red. While NY Gov. Kathy Hochul told reporters this week that raising taxes would be a last resort, state lawmakers argue differently. “You got to get revenue from somewhere,” said NY State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

New York's MTA is claiming that, after only one week, the "congestion parking" initiative implemented is "working"

New York City's congestion pricing may force many to reevaluate their workplace locations, as these tolls pose a significant financial burden to employees.

The first congestion pricing plan in the U.S. has begun, charging most drivers $9 a day to enter the lower half of Manhattan. The long-debated plan is projected to raise up to $800 million a year for the city's aging public transit system.

Today, there was no traffic and cars were sailing into the borough. Janno Lieber, the chief executive of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, says New York is uniquely poised to carry out congestion pricing, which intends to reduce the region’s ...

A new toll on drivers entering the core ... per day — compared to the equivalent period last year, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said. “Just look out the window: there ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new toll on drivers entering the core of Manhattan brought modest but measurable traffic reductions to New York City’s heavily-gridlocked streets in its first week of operation, according to preliminary data released Monday by the state’s transit authority.

who heads the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs New York's sprawling subway, bus and commuter rail systems. "We're wasting a ton of money, literally billions of dollars ...