New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani may have to pump the brakes on his idea to make buses free in the Big Apple. Speaking to reporters during a news conference on Nov. 8, Gov. Kathy Hochul said ...

We are glad that Gov. Hochul has now gotten on the bus along with MTA Chair Janno Lieber, Marc Molinaro, the head of the Federal Transit Administration, and serious transit advocates who all agree ...

New Yorkers want better public transportation and a more affordable city. Politicians argue that fare-free buses will deliver both. But eliminating fares could cost the city $1 billion, depriving it ...

That plan would help make those buses faster too, Komanoff says, because passengers could board through all doors at once instead of waiting in line to pay. "When you make the buses faster, that also ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appeared to cast doubt on New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s vision for free buses. Hochul, speaking at the Somos Conference in Puerto Rico, said, "We’re spending a ...

Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani has promised to make New York City cheaper—freezing the rent, creating city-run grocery stores to fuel competition, and making buses free. These are ambitious ...

Subway and bus riders voted overwhelmingly for Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who won neighborhoods where most people commute by transit by 29 points. It’s little wonder, given his unprecedented promise ...

Mr. Rohatyn is the chief executive of the Rohatyn Group, an investment company. New York City has had nine mayors in my lifetime (since I was born in 1960), soon to be 10; none, until now, has ...

One of the busiest areas of York could be closed to cars and taxis as the city council pushes to cut congestion and make buses more reliable. The Labour-run authority has launched a consultation over ...