NEW YORK (WABC) -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday announced its contingency plans for commuters as the clock ticks towards a looming Long Island Rail Road strike next Thursday.

As more LIRR union workers vote on whether to go on strike as soon as Sept. 18, the MTA is ramping up plans for a possible shutdown of the nation’s largest commuter railroad, including setting up ...

Transit riders are speaking out against the MTA’s proposed fare and toll hike, which they said would only worsen the agency’s fare evasion problem, if more New Yorkers can't afford to pay for their ...

The MTA will raise New York City’s subway and bus fares to $3 on Jan. 4, MTA officials announced on Wednesday during the agency’s monthly board meeting. The MTA will fully transition to the OMNY ...

The MTA is revising its fare-hike proposal after weeks of public comment, lowering the price for a week of subway and bus rides. The new proposal, expected to face a vote by the transit agency’s board ...

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