"These UV lights that we have on site today effectively kill the virus," said MTA CEO Pat Foye. "We believe this is a big deal."
If a trip takes more than 80 minutes, requires two transfers or more than a half-mile walk, the MTA will pay for a for-hire-vehicle.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday the MTA will soon receive its first federal stimulus payment.
"A new low: Pulling a prank on essential workers," the MTA said of new video spurring outrage online. "Despicable."
As the MTA grapples with maintaining social distancing in its notoriously cramped system, said CEO Pat Foye, "We're looking at everything."
For the first time in its history, the subway system is not running overnight.
Alternate side parking will relaunch from May 18 to May 24 so the Sanitation Department can scrub down city streets, said Mayor de Blasio.
Homeless New Yorkers slept on MTA buses Saturday morning as a freezing cold polar vortex hit the city, officials said.
For the first time in 115 years, New York City dwellers could not catch the subway at 1 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised New York City it would have 24-hour subway service, "when the pandemic is not problematic to this extent."
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been struggling with a homelessness problem during the coronavirus crisis.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and MTA officials said the closures are necessary to protect workers and pledged to provide alternative transportation.
More than seven miles of streets in and around New York City parks will close to car traffic Monday, said Mayor Bill de Blasio.
"This is going to be one of the most aggressive, creative, challenging endeavors the MTA has done," said Cuomo.
MTA conductor Benjamin Shaeffer died from COVID-19 complications in Brooklyn's Maimonides Hospital, according to his union.
The traffic ban could be extended to open as much as 100 miles of streets to pedestrians during the coronavirus lockdown.
Corey Johnson said Sunday he's ready to go to the state level to open NYC streets for social distancing if the mayor refuses to do so.
The transit agency takes 3,500 employee temperatures daily to ensure the virus doesn't spread between bus and train workers and the public.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's mandate requires all passengers of public transportation to keep their faces covered.
Corey Johnson and Carlina Rivera have a bill planned that would open as many as 75 miles of streets to pedestrians during the coronavirus.
"We need more help," said MTA CEO and Chairman Patrick Foye. "And we need it now."
Service cuts helped shore up the MTA's financial position, "but it most likely accelerated the spread of coronavirus," an MIT analyst says.
“We can’t bring back our heroic co-workers," said Local 100 President Tony Utano. "But we can make sure their families are taken care of."
The commute for emergency workers is leaving them frightened.
MTA CEO Pat Foye is "isolating at home, feeling good and maintaining his full schedule," after testing positive for coronavirus.
"We’re the lifeblood of the New York economy," Pat Foye said. "The state can’t recover without a strong public transportation system.”
Ridership on New York City subways is down as much as 87%, MTA officials said Tuesday.
Public transportation agencies in cities around the country are experiencing major declines in ridership, dooming future improvements.
New York City is recruiting licensed drivers to deliver food to seniors to help give the drivers work and support residents in need.
Bike repair shops qualify as one of the essential businesses allowed to stay open, Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed Sunday.
All New York Department of Motor Vehicle offices have been closed until further notice. Road tests are also suspended for the time being.
Passengers starting Monday will be asked to enter all buses through rear doors to protect drivers from coronavirus exposure.
A survey is asking New Yorkers who still need to use public transportation during the coronavirus what they need.
Ridership plunged 67 percent on subways and up to 90 percent on commuter lines since the COVID-19 outbreak, a letter to Congress states.
The change will be in place for at least the next week, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.
Transit officials and Gov. Cuomo are combatting rumors that the subways would shut down after the city declared a state of emergency.
A Long Island man says he was spat on, called a "Chinese f---", then told by a Penn Station police officer "There's nothing we can do."
Some parts of the system are out of reach to the disabled.
Heads up: The 2, 6, 4, 1, 5, A, E, 7, D, C, J, F, L, Q, R, G and N trains won't be running normally this weekend.
The legislation passed the state Senate and Assembly and now just needs the governor's signature.