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How Trump can tame the insatiable MTA money monster
March 26, 2025 | 6:59pmThe spending showdown presents a golden opportunity to finally rein in the MTA’s insatiable appetite for uncontrolled spending — if Trump takes up a plan already proposed in Albany.
Jaywalking in NYC is set to be legal — but there was hardly any enforcement when it was a crime
March 23, 2025 | 3:04pmNew York City has drafted a rule to implement a law making jaywalking legal — despite prior objections from transportation officials and the NYPD.
Sinkhole opens on 2nd NJ highway as commuting turmoil drags on: 'This is getting ridiculous'
March 21, 2025 | 10:46pm"This is getting ridiculous and it's only a matter of time before someone gets seriously injured or dies as a result of one of these sinkholes," GOP state Assemblyman Brian...
Trump admin could be trying to cut a deal with Hochul on congestion pricing — as defiant gov takes victory lap
March 21, 2025 | 3:30pmGov. Kathy Hochul took a victory lap over congestion pricing Friday, claiming New Yorkers are better off for it -- even as she considers hitting the city with more taxes...
Hochul will defy Trump deadline to stop NYC congestion pricing -- but insists president still backs her Penn Station revamp plan
March 18, 2025 | 6:31pmHochul is framing the Penn project as one of her biggest areas of agreement with Trump, but noted he winced when she asked him to help secure a massive $6...
Trump admin threatens to pull billions in federal funding unless MTA forks over NYC subway crime data: 'Stepping in to restore order'
March 18, 2025 | 5:24pmGet on board with subway safety or hop off the gravy train.
DOT to cut car lane on busy Midtown avenue to extend bike lane: 'Giant middle finger'
March 1, 2025 | 7:30amGov. Kathy Hochul and the New York transportation honchos who pushed congestion pricing claim it’s reduced Manhattan’s most clogged roadways.
Here's the pay bump air traffic controllers may get as Trump admin prioritizes recruitment
February 27, 2025 | 10:03pmAir traffic controllers are set to receive a 30% pay hike as President Donald Trump's administration seeks to boost recruitment Thursday.
Trump's transportation secretary open to some form of NYC congestion pricing after prez declared tolls 'dead'
February 21, 2025 | 10:45amTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he’d be “100%” open to some form of congestion pricing after moving to pull federal approval of the controversial toll program.
NYC restaurateurs frustrated as city issues only 40 outdoor dining permits with thousands still in limbo: 'Extorted money from us'
February 20, 2025 | 5:02pmThere's a backlog of more than 3,600 applications for outdoor dining sheds in the Big Apple -- thanks to the city's “cumbersome,” convoluted new approval process, The Post has learned.
Trump celebrates his move to kill NYC congestion pricing: 'Long live the king!'
February 19, 2025 | 2:23pmPresident Trump is celebrating his latest order calling to kill New York City’s congestion pricing on Wednesday — with the decision facing an immediate lawsuit from the MTA.
MTA sues to keep congestion pricing in place after Trump DOT's 'mystifying' decision to pull approval
February 19, 2025 | 1:54pmMTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber praised the toll scheme and vowed to fight back against the administration's "baseless effort."
NYC congestion pricing axed as Trump's DOT pulls approval of hated toll
February 19, 2025 | 12:02pmNew York City's spectacularly unpopular congestion pricing scheme is on death row as the Trump administration announced Wednesday it is pulling its approval of the toll in a major blow...
NYC's Third Avenue traffic light slowdown sparks fury as locals complain of e-bike 'racetrack'
February 19, 2025 | 6:00amUpper East Side residents say they were blindsided by a slowdown in traffic lights that has turned Third Avenue into an e-bike "racetrack" and a "glacier" for drivers. The Department...
Trump's transportation honcho welcomes SpaceX employees to Air Traffic Control System Command Center as hundreds of FAA workers fired
February 17, 2025 | 12:11pmTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy stressed that Musk and SpaceX are not receiving "special treatment" and that he was open to input from other major tech companies on how to develop...
Return of NYC dining sheds is a calamity waiting to happen — and the DOT must stop the insanity
February 15, 2025 | 1:34pmThe Department of Transportation’s petty bureaucrats -- who gave us infinitely extended bike lanes and ugly, traffic-congesting “plazas” – have won again.
Trump reveals plan to 'kill' NYC congestion pricing — here's how
February 8, 2025 | 5:37pmPresident Donald Trump has formulated a plan to force New York to “kill” congestion pricing tolls in the city by withholding funds through the Department of Transportation, he told The New...
Sean Duffy fires back at Hillary Clinton after she criticized DOGE taking on aviation
February 6, 2025 | 1:37pmClinton chimed in, tweeting, "They have no relevant experience. Most of them aren't old enough to rent a car. And you're going to let them mess with airline safety that's...
Pray Marc Molinaro, heading the Federal Transit Administration, helps kill Hochul's Midtown toll
February 2, 2025 | 8:15pmIt's great to see Gov. Hochul working with President Trump on behalf of New York, but her plea for his support on her congestion-pricing scheme doesn't seem to be gaining...
Transportation chief Duffy claims department traded core mission for DEI, vows to add air traffic controllers
February 2, 2025 | 4:43pmTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy said one major question in the crash between an army chopper and a commercial jet in DC last week is why the helicopter didn't conduct its...