NY1 VIDEO: Jose Martinez highlights the headlines from the transit beat. He also discusses the region’s big-ticket transportation projects with ReThink NYC’s Jim Venturi, who’s got designs of his own on projects like the state’s hoped-for makeovers of Penn Station and LaGuardia Airport.
- A FARE FIGHT: Advocates keep up push for cut-rate fares for poor, even after Mayor says to look elsewhere for $
- NO-CANS PLAN TRASHED: New report says MTA pilot that removed garbage cans from 39 stations isn’t working
- ELEVATOR PITCH: Upper Manhattan pols say MTA needs to fix 168th St. lifts after string of breakdowns
- APPROVED! Transit workers overwhelmingly say ‘yes’ to new labor deal
- THE $32 BILLION PLAN: Port Authority board signs off on massive capital spending deal