Manhattan’s pokey buses in particular got a weekday boost last month with peak-hour bus speeds increasing for nearly all crosstown buses operating below 60th Street, according to Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Bus speeds for those lines ticked up between 1% and 5% last month compared to the same time in 2024, according to MTA data.

The Trump administration has set its sights on high speed rail in California and congestion pricing in New York, worrying transportation experts.

New York City’s controversial traffic tolling program is testing President Donald Trump’s ability to reach beyond his federal fights over citizenship and government efficiency all the way down to a local brawl in Wall Street’s backyard.

The student’s school notified the parent about suspicious OMNY card use activity, said S.T.O.P. Executive Director Albert Fox Cahn. This system would only be feasible, he added, if student locations are tracked on an automated, agency-wide basis. S.T.O.P. has not heard similar concerns from any other parents.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Wednesday pushed back against President Trump after the White House rescinded approval of Manhattan’s congestion pricing plan. “Since this

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Duffy did not give a time frame for trying to shut down congestion pricing, saying only that federal officials would contact the state to "discuss the orderly cessation of toll operations." MTA CEO Janno Lieber said tolling would "continue notwithstanding this baseless effort to snatch those benefits away."