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This week's transit news, in NYC and beyond.
Matt Gross
April 04, 2025
“Four Newsies at an Entrance to the Subway, New York City” (July 1910), by Lewis W. Hine.
Welcome to our first round-up of the week’s transit news. Every Friday I plan to gather up the most relevant stories and social media posts about transportation—in NYC, but also elsewhere—and send them around, to keep you informed. Let’s go!
The big news this week was, of course, the new NYC subway map, the first “major redesign” since 1979—and a pretty bold graphical departure. Here it is in all its glory:
Of course, the New York Post managed to find lots of people who hate it.
Meanwhile, the MTA met its deadline to share subway crime data with the Trump administration, reports NY1:
The MTA's letter to the DOT, dated March 30, included statistics on crime, de-escalation training for employees, fare evasion and efforts to fight it.
In the letter, MTA chair and CEO Janno Lieber pointed out that the New York City transit system is among the safest in the nation, noting that according to the Federal Transit Administration's National Transit Database, transit riders in Minneapolis and Dallas are 13 times more likely, per trip, to be the victim of an assault than New York City transit riders.
Lieber added that "crime in the NYC subway system is among the lowest in the last 30 years, since these statistics were first collected."
I’m sure that will fully persuade the federal government that everything is okay here and funding will continue uninterrupted.
PIX11 spent time at the NYC Transit Signal School, where MTA employees learn how to operate the antiquated system of “old relays and track wires” that control when and where and how fast subway trains go.
If you’re going to Mets opening day today, you can ride the 1959-vintage redbird subway cars out to Queens.
Congestion relief is making NYC’s buses faster and more reliable 🚍💨Before the program, 54% of QM32 express buses had 10+ min delays – now it's just 21%! Less traffic means better transit. @mta.info
— Congestion Pricing Now (@fundtransitnow.bsky.social)2025-04-03T14:13:46.928Z
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