Stephen Nessen

Reporter, WNYC News

Stephen Nessen appears in the following:

Crowded Subways, Free Buses & More MTA News

Monday, September 25, 2023

Stephen Nessen, transportation reporter for the WNYC Newsroom, talks about subway ridership, free bus routes, and more.

Penn Station overhaul sparks feud between MTA and Amtrak

Friday, August 25, 2023

WNYC’s Stephen Nessen got his hands on an internal letter that sheds light on the fraught relationship between Amtrak and the MTA. 

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Congestion Pricing is Coming to NYC. Here's How It Works in Other Cities.

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Experts from London, Stockholm and Singapore share their thoughts on the tolling program ahead of its expected launch in New York City next year.

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Months into new job at Amtrak, Andy Byford blasts boss’s Penn Station plans

Wednesday, August 02, 2023

WNYC
Byford's remarks are just the latest example of an unflinching habit of publicly criticizing his employer’s major initiatives.

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Richard Ravitch, savior of NYC subway, dies at 89

Monday, June 26, 2023

To a large extent, the MTA continues to rely on a business model developed by Ravitch in the early 1980s.

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A $48 billion debt is crushing the MTA. Paying it off could disrupt the future of NYC transit.

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

WNYC
The MTA now owes $48 billion, and will pay more than $3 billion to lenders this year.

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A day in the life of a New York City subway rider trying to break a record

Saturday, May 27, 2023

New York City has more that 400 subway stops. One straphanger is trying to break the record for reaching all of them the fastest.

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New record set for fastest trip through entirety of NYC subway

Thursday, May 18, 2023

WNYC
New York City’s subway has 472 stations. For decades, transit enthusiasts have jockeyed to set the record for the fastest time to travel through the whole system.

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Congestion Pricing Is One Step Closer to Reality

Thursday, May 18, 2023

WNYC / Gothamist transportation reporter Stephen Nessen reports on the new congestion pricing details, including that low-income and taxi drivers will get a break on the toll. 

Tolls ahead: MTA advances congestion pricing with breaks for taxis, low-income drivers

Friday, May 12, 2023

WNYC
The MTA’s congestion pricing planhas made it through the federal government’s approvals — but requirements for the program published Friday offer a more clear sense of how it will work.

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More than 20% of LIRR trains can’t run in Grand Central Madison tunnel

Thursday, March 16, 2023

WNYC
The dilemma has limited service into the new East Side Access terminal.

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Security measures on Hudson River Greenway serve as reminder of terror attack

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

WNYC
The most conspicuous signs of the deadliest terrorist attack in New York City since 9/11 are the bollards and other barriers along the busiest bike path in the country.

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All aboard the secret elevators to Grand Central Madison

Monday, March 06, 2023

The lifts take about 20 seconds to travel from the street to the concourse level of the LIRR terminal.

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MTA job is track to generational wealth for Black New Yorkers – but executive remain predominantly white

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Thousands of Black New Yorkers have carved a path to the middle class thanks to reliable pay for transit workers. But there’s also a ceiling for many non-white workers at the MTA.

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The MTA says social media is partly to blame for subway surfing incidents

Saturday, February 25, 2023

WNYC
WNYC's transportation reporter Stephen Nessen joins us to discuss the latest.

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This Week in Politics: New funding formula proposed for the MTA

Saturday, February 04, 2023

WNYC
Governor Hochul's budget plan seeks to solve the MTA's budget deficit.

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2023 Transit Update

Friday, January 27, 2023

WNYC reporter Stephen Nessen on everything going on with public transit this winter. 

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Grand Central Madison, 15 stories underground, saves LIRR riders little time compared to Penn Station commute

Friday, January 27, 2023

The new terminal is so far down that commuters must walk more than 11 minutes to get to the nearest subway platform.

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NYC advocates fight 'ghost cars' with illegal license plates

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Since the spring, Mayor Adams has pledged to crack down on ghost cars. But a casual walk around the city reveals the problem is seemingly everywhere.

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New plans to fix BQE in Brooklyn Heights revealed

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Mayor Eric Adams thinks he has a solution to a crumbling stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn Heights. 

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