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New Google Maps Feature Will Predict How Crowded Your Train Will Be

In case you don't want to squeeze into a sweaty mob.
By Gabriela Barkho

An Emergency Plan to Fix New York City’s Subway Is Ready to Go… So What’s Next?

The funding for short-term fixes to the city's subway system has finally been secured.
By Madina Toure

What Will Save New York City’s Subways—Millionaires Tax or Congestion Pricing?

Last year's summer of hell in the subway has forced the city and the state to find a way to fund repairs.
By Madina Toure
A subway train pulls out of the 14th Street station in Manhattan.

New York City’s Subway Chief Discusses the Root Cause of Delays

By Madina Toure
A New Jersey Transit train arrives at Hoboken Terminal during morning rush hour on Oct. 10, 2016 in Hoboken, New Jersey. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Phil Murphy Accelerates Plan Offering Relief to NJ Transit Commuters

By Madina Toure
Commuters head from New Jersey Transit trains to PATH trains during a morning commute to Penn Station.

New Jersey Congressman Seeks to Codify Federal Rail Safety Standards

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio and city officials held a press conference at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Aug. 7, 2017 to announce the mayor's millionaires tax proposal.

Subway Squabble: New York Officials Lash Out Over MTA Funding

By Madina Toure
A picture taken on Sept. 18, 2017 shows heavy traffic in the streets of New York the day before the opening of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo credit should read LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/Getty Images)

NYC Could Become First American City to Charge for Driving a Car

By Madina Toure
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his partner Sandra Lee take part in the New Year's Eve inaugural ride on the new Second Avenue Subway on Dec. 31, 2016 in New York City.

Cuomo Pushes for NYC Funding for Subway Repairs, Congestion Pricing

By Madina Toure
New York City has the slowest buses in the nation, according to a report by Comptroller Scott Stringer released on Monday morning.

Report Says New York City Buses Are the Slowest in the Nation

By Madina Toure
Toronto Transit Commission CEO Andy Byford on board a TTC bus heading to Wellesley Station in Toronto.

Toronto Transit Chief to Head Agency Overseeing Subways

By Madina Toure
A subway train pulls out of the 14th Street station in Manhattan.

State Comptroller: MTA Fare and Toll Hikes May Come Sooner

By Madina Toure
Blue-white bus driving in a prominent street in New York City.

With Election Around Corner, De Blasio to Expand Rapid Bus Service in NYC

By Madina Toure
Commuters take the downtown Q train at the 72nd Street station on the newly opened Second Avenue subway line.

NYC Pols Want MTA to Be More Transparent About Its Spending

By Madina Toure
John Oliver reveals WNEP's new toy.

John Oliver’s ‘Last Week Tonight’ Built a Train Set for a Pennsylvania News Station

By John Bonazzo
Murphy unveiled his NJ Transit plan.

Murphy Once Again Makes the Case for Gateway Tunnel

By Alyana Alfaro
Vaughn Armour, a member of New York Communities for Change, at a rally in front of Governor Cuomo's office blasting problems with the city's subway system.

Riders and Advocates Call on Cuomo to ‘Take Charge’ and Lay Out Plan to Fix Subway

By Madina Toure
A NJ Transit train seen through the wreckage after it crashed in to the platform at the Hoboken Terminal September 29, 2016 in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Fix Our Train System—Now

By The Editors
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo , Rig

Cuomo Touts Fancy New Subway Cars as Shift From ‘Old Rhythm of Government’

By Madina Toure
Subway ridership is at its highest levels since the 1940s. (Photos by Arman Dzidzovic/New York Observer.)

The Social Commute: How the Big Schlep Is Changing the Way New Yorkers Live

By Kim Velsey
Next stop, 'Murica! (Wikimedia Commons)

China Plans To Build An Underwater Train To America

By Jordyn Taylor

Editorial: Working on the Railroad

By The Editors
Delays will be inevitable as Amtrak attempts to conduct years' worth of repairs into one summer. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Train Travel Is Trending

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Metro North conductor Michael Shaw wrote a letter of apology to frustrated passengers affected by delays

Derailed: Awesome Metro-North Conductor Leaves Apology Notes on Riders’ Seats

By Mimmi Montgomery
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