NEW YORK — If you ask people in the Bronx what they think about making the bus free, you get a lot of versions of yes. "Why not? Yes, it definitely should," said Melanie Marrero, as she waited for the ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is banking on his pick to lead the Department of Transportation to help him with his plan ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bus speeds in London have slowed to their lowest level in years, causing a fall in passenger numbers, the London Assembly has heard. Average speeds on the capital's bus network fell to 9.17mph in 2024 ...