Stephen Nessen appears in the following:
This Week in Politics: New funding formula proposed for the MTA
Saturday, February 04, 2023
Governor Hochul's budget plan seeks to solve the MTA's budget deficit.
2023 Transit Update
Friday, January 27, 2023
WNYC reporter Stephen Nessen on everything going on with public transit this winter.
Grand Central Madison, 15 stories underground, saves LIRR riders little time compared to Penn Station commute
Friday, January 27, 2023
The new terminal is so far down that commuters must walk more than 11 minutes to get to the nearest subway platform.
NYC advocates fight 'ghost cars' with illegal license plates
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Since the spring, Mayor Adams has pledged to crack down on ghost cars. But a casual walk around the city reveals the problem is seemingly everywhere.
New plans to fix BQE in Brooklyn Heights revealed
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams thinks he has a solution to a crumbling stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn Heights.
'Conversational' seating to disappear on NYC subways as MTA buys new train cars
Monday, December 12, 2022
Next year, the MTA’s newest subway cars will start hitting the tracks. They‘ll feature the latest bells and whistles, and replace some of the oldest train cars.
The MTA's Ongoing Financial Troubles
Monday, December 05, 2022
The MTA's budget troubles and coming fare and toll hikes.
Feds grant MTA a waiver for train safety at Grand Central Madison
Monday, November 28, 2022
Federal Railroad officials are allowing the MTA to open its newest terminal, even without having installed a key safety technology. WNYC’s Stephen Nessen reports.
MTA to install AI technology on buses to reduce breakdowns
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
The MTA wants to harness the power of artificial intelligence to prevent its aging fleet of diesel buses from breaking down.
City brings open streets to midtown for holidays
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
For three Sundays in December the city is closing 11 blocks in midtown on Fifth Avenue to traffic. WNYC’s Stephen Nessen reports it’s an Open Streets holiday edition.
Lawyer arrested for fixing a defaced license plate charged with criminal mischief
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
A lawyer was biking through Park Slope last week, when he stopped to remove a piece a plastic that was covering the rear license plate of a truck.
Could Grand Army Plaza be Brooklyn’s next car-free space? The city’s department of transportation thinks so.
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Imagine walking out of Prospect Park into a massive car-free pedestrian plaza? That’s exactly what the city’s Department of Transportation is considering.
New roads expected to reduce truck traffic in South Bronx
Monday, October 31, 2022
Gov. Kathy Hochul is touting the completion of a project to reduce emissions in the South Bronx. It’s a decades-in the making change to truck traffic to and from the Hunts Point market.
Subway safety is an election issue and problem for MTA’s finances. But just how dangerous is it to ride the rails?
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Subway safety is a top concern among riders and a key issue in the race for governor.
10 years after Sandy, Hudson River tunnel just as vulnerable to flooding – and a fix isn’t coming until 2038
Monday, October 24, 2022
Most of the region has recovered from Hurricane Sandy, which hit 10 years ago. But there’s one place where the damage remains.
New tool breaks connects racial, health and transit disparities
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Neighborhoods that have the worst health and poverty, also tend to have more injuries from traffic. These finding come from a new online tool created by MIT and an advocacy group.
MTA faces $4.6 billion budget gap in just 4 years: state comptroller
Thursday, October 06, 2022
The fiscal watchdog's analysis found that the MTA's finances are even worse than the transit agency has previously said.
New York and New Jersey state bills fuel ongoing feud over fees
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Lawmakers from New York are in an ongoing battle over ticketing drivers from New Jersey.
Mayor Adams’ pledge to build bike and bus lanes falling short
Monday, September 26, 2022
When Adams was campaigning for mayor, he set ambitious goals for building new bus and protected bike lanes. But nine months into his mayoralty, both goals appear already out of reach.
Cameras in the Subway Cars
Friday, September 23, 2022
Gov. Hochul's plan to put cameras in every single subway car, the civil liberties concerns this has raised and how much crime is actually happening in the system.
