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Stephen Nessen

Articles by Stephen Nessen


Stephen Nessen covers transportation. Since 2008 he has reported on everything from Occupy Wall Street, the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site, Hurricane Sandy, to Trump’s campaign for president. His transportation reporting has taken him everywhere from the MTA’s secret Rail Control Center to the gleaming subways of Seoul. Got a tip? Email [email protected].

Shovels will go in the ground this week. The project had been derailed during the Adams administration.


The connection between skincare and public transit remained as murky as a cure for male pattern baldness.


The MTA had wanted to put an end to benefits like the ones that give engineers double pay when they drive both electric and diesel trains on the same shifts.


Even with a tentative deal, the LIRR says trains will not run on Tuesday morning.


The MTA says backup shuttle buses can carry only a fraction of regular LIRR riders.


LIRR President Rob Free all but said “I told you so” to Amtrak officials during a news conference on Friday.


Five unions representing roughly half the LIRR's workforce are prepared to shut down the nation's busiest commuter railroad unless the MTA gives them concessions on pay and work rules.


Mayor Zohran Mamdani's promise to make the city's buses "fast and free" is on a collision course with the MTA's push to crack down on fare evasion.


Amtrak officials said the blaze broke out in the "C interlocking," which directs LIRR trains into East River tunnels.


Gov. Mikie Sherrill hopes NJ Transit can turn over a new leaf under her leadership.


The bridges that support Newkirk and Foster avenues above the B and Q subway lines were built in 1907. They haven't undergone any major rehabilitation since.


A new study from researchers at Columbia University, which is still undergoing peer review, shows for the first time that the tolls may be harming some of the city’s poorest communities.


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