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• LIRR to start enforcing smoking ban

  Thomas Bauer of Hempstead says he's been trying to quit smoking for years, and actually welcomes the ban on smoking on Long Island Rail Road platforms and other outdoor waiting areas.The ban will be enforced by MTA police starting Wednesday morning."Anyt 2/14/12 Read more »

• Editorial: Keep up support for transit

  Despite decades of consistent, reliable federal support for mass transit, the Republican majority in the House of Representatives is trying to pass a transportation bill that would break that commitment. That would be catastrophic for our region, for the   Read more »

• LI pols weigh in on MTA Penn Station plan

  Eight Long Island state senators are urging MTA chairman Joseph Lhota to abandon a proposal to run Metro-North trains in and out of Penn Station, saying the move would increase congestion and decrease LIRR service at an already overcrowded portal.But the   Read more »

• Benefits of fighting MTA payroll tax

  The odds are running very strongly against a total repeal of the MTA payroll tax, the enactment of which sparked a bitter electoral backlash on Long Island three years ago.But as unlikely as the chances may be, local elected officials -- especially those   Read more »

• Officials back curb on MTA payroll tax

  Nearly two dozen Long Island public officials, including its two county executives, gathered Friday to support a proposed state law to end the Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll tax on large municipalities."Property-tax payers paying for villa   Read more »

Around the web

• Maryland officials say they have no current list of properties affected by a Purple Line

  MTA has not told her neighborhood how many of the Wayne Avenue addresses on the two-year-old list would still be affected. The MTA engineering drawings are highly technical and “impossible” for lay people to understand, she said. In the Lyttonsville area of 7:11 PM from The Washington Post Read more »

• Cortlandt Train Station Now Open for Commuters

  Montrose VA campus. “We’re a catalyst for economic development along our train stations,” said Howard Permut, president of the MTA’s Metro North Railroad. “It goes a long way to improving the quality of life.” Representatives of state officials expressed similar 6:15 PM from The Daily Cortlandt Read more »

• Smoking Ban On LIRR, Metro-North Platforms In Effect, But Is It Fair?

  been a fun, bold, smooth, satisfying three months, but the grace period is over and the MTA will begin enforcing the smoking ban on outdoor LIRR and Metro-North stations this week. The law, passed in August and enacted in November, makes it a $50 fine to smoke 5:14 PM from Gothamist Read more »

• 12 Injured in MTA Bus Accident

  in an accident Wednesday in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, injuring 12. Multiple were injured Wednesday when a car and a packed MTA bus collided in Brooklyn. Police say the accident happened after 1 p.m on the corner of New York Avenue and Dean Street in the Crown 4:56 PM from NBC New York Read more »

• Cortlandt Train Station Ribbon Cutting

  to the Montrose Veterans Affairs hospital for commuters who utilize and work there. While the project was fully funded by the MTA, the Town of Cortlandt did lobby the MTA to build the station 20 years ago after Puglisi took office. Town officials also partnered 2:08 PM from Peekskill Patch Read more »