New York Metropolitan Transportation Council
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NYMTC is the federally mandated council of governments that directs the use of billions of dollars in federal transportation funds for New York City, Long Island, and the Lower Hudson Valley.
🎉Happy Retirement to Abdus Salam! 🎉 After 25 years at NYMTC, including excellent work on model application in NYMTC’s Forecasting and Conformity Section, Abdus retires today. Thank you for your dedication, leadership, and inspiration—wishing you a joyful next chapter! 🌟
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🎉Happy Retirement to Abdus Salam! 🎉 After 25 years at NYMTC, including excellent work on model application in NYMTC’s Forecasting and Conformity Section, Abdus retires today. Thank you for your dedication, leadership, and inspiration—wishing you a joyful next chapter! 🌟
Last week, we closed out our 2025 Brown Bag series with Tanvi Pandya from the NYC Department of Transportation! She shared how the Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) program protects infrastructure, detects overweight vehicles, and supports real-time planning. 🌉 Missed it? Watch here: https://bit.ly/48ZXcvq
December 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Last week, we closed out our 2025 Brown Bag series with Tanvi Pandya from the NYC Department of Transportation! She shared how the Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) program protects infrastructure, detects overweight vehicles, and supports real-time planning. 🌉 Missed it? Watch here: https://bit.ly/48ZXcvq
👏 Congrats to NYMTC’s Maniza Pritila! She earned NYSAMPO’s Excellence in MPO Planning Award for leading the Hub Bound Travel Annual Report—strengthening a vital regional dataset used in planning and analysis. 📈
Catch up on past reports: bit.ly/4bPCuiL
Catch up on past reports: bit.ly/4bPCuiL
December 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
👏 Congrats to NYMTC’s Maniza Pritila! She earned NYSAMPO’s Excellence in MPO Planning Award for leading the Hub Bound Travel Annual Report—strengthening a vital regional dataset used in planning and analysis. 📈
Catch up on past reports: bit.ly/4bPCuiL
Catch up on past reports: bit.ly/4bPCuiL
🎓📺 Looking to earn APA CM Credits? NYMTC’s YouTube has all nine 2025 Brown Bag webinars ready to watch anytime! Catch up on key transportation projects and initiatives from across our region — and earn CM credit as you watch.
▶️ Watch now: bit.ly/nymtc-youtube
▶️ Watch now: bit.ly/nymtc-youtube
December 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🎓📺 Looking to earn APA CM Credits? NYMTC’s YouTube has all nine 2025 Brown Bag webinars ready to watch anytime! Catch up on key transportation projects and initiatives from across our region — and earn CM credit as you watch.
▶️ Watch now: bit.ly/nymtc-youtube
▶️ Watch now: bit.ly/nymtc-youtube
🚧 Safety upgrade complete! As part of NYMTC’s 2026–2030 TIP, NYSDOT finished a $2M project at Exit 41A in Islip, improving signage, lane markings, barriers, shoulders & pavement to make this busy interchange safer for 34,000 daily drivers. 🔗 https://bit.ly/TIPParkways
December 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🚧 Safety upgrade complete! As part of NYMTC’s 2026–2030 TIP, NYSDOT finished a $2M project at Exit 41A in Islip, improving signage, lane markings, barriers, shoulders & pavement to make this busy interchange safer for 34,000 daily drivers. 🔗 https://bit.ly/TIPParkways
‼️Last chance: Apply for NYMTC’s Executive Leadership Training Program (ELTP) by 12/15!
Mid-level public-sector pros (10+ yrs) will gain hands-on experience with:
🔍 Emerging tech
🌆 Best practice exchanges
🏙️ NYC infrastructure visits
🔗: bit.ly/NYMTC-ELTP
#TransportationLeaders
Mid-level public-sector pros (10+ yrs) will gain hands-on experience with:
🔍 Emerging tech
🌆 Best practice exchanges
🏙️ NYC infrastructure visits
🔗: bit.ly/NYMTC-ELTP
#TransportationLeaders
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
‼️Last chance: Apply for NYMTC’s Executive Leadership Training Program (ELTP) by 12/15!
Mid-level public-sector pros (10+ yrs) will gain hands-on experience with:
🔍 Emerging tech
🌆 Best practice exchanges
🏙️ NYC infrastructure visits
🔗: bit.ly/NYMTC-ELTP
#TransportationLeaders
Mid-level public-sector pros (10+ yrs) will gain hands-on experience with:
🔍 Emerging tech
🌆 Best practice exchanges
🏙️ NYC infrastructure visits
🔗: bit.ly/NYMTC-ELTP
#TransportationLeaders
🚍 Earlier this month, NYMTC’s Adam Levine and Mark Maglienti attended a roundtable led by Federal Transit Administration Administrator Marc Molinaro and Rep. Mike Lawler on FTA priorities, the importance of public transit in Rockland County, and plans to expand local services. 🚏 #RocklandCountyNY
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🚍 Earlier this month, NYMTC’s Adam Levine and Mark Maglienti attended a roundtable led by Federal Transit Administration Administrator Marc Molinaro and Rep. Mike Lawler on FTA priorities, the importance of public transit in Rockland County, and plans to expand local services. 🚏 #RocklandCountyNY
🚚✨ Reminder: Our final Brown Bag of 2025 is this Wednesday at noon! Hear from Tanvi Pandya (NYC DOT) on the Weigh-in-Motion Program, which helps detect overweight vehicles and protect vital infrastructure.
📅 12/10, 12–1 p.m.
🔗 Join us: https://bit.ly/NYMTCDec2025BrownBag
📅 12/10, 12–1 p.m.
🔗 Join us: https://bit.ly/NYMTCDec2025BrownBag
December 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🚚✨ Reminder: Our final Brown Bag of 2025 is this Wednesday at noon! Hear from Tanvi Pandya (NYC DOT) on the Weigh-in-Motion Program, which helps detect overweight vehicles and protect vital infrastructure.
📅 12/10, 12–1 p.m.
🔗 Join us: https://bit.ly/NYMTCDec2025BrownBag
📅 12/10, 12–1 p.m.
🔗 Join us: https://bit.ly/NYMTCDec2025BrownBag
🎉 Yesterday, we celebrated Gerry Bogacz and his 27 years at NYMTC! As an Assistant Director, his leadership and deep knowledge of the region’s transportation network helped shape our region.
Thank you, Gerry, for your dedication!
Thank you, Gerry, for your dedication!
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🎉 Yesterday, we celebrated Gerry Bogacz and his 27 years at NYMTC! As an Assistant Director, his leadership and deep knowledge of the region’s transportation network helped shape our region.
Thank you, Gerry, for your dedication!
Thank you, Gerry, for your dedication!
⏰ Reminder: Apply for the Executive Leadership Training Program (ELTP) by 12/15! Mid-level public-sector professionals will explore emerging tech, learn best practices from experts, and visit NYC infrastructure in early 2026.
🔗 bit.ly/NYMTC-ELTP
#TransportationLeadership
🔗 bit.ly/NYMTC-ELTP
#TransportationLeadership
December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
⏰ Reminder: Apply for the Executive Leadership Training Program (ELTP) by 12/15! Mid-level public-sector professionals will explore emerging tech, learn best practices from experts, and visit NYC infrastructure in early 2026.
🔗 bit.ly/NYMTC-ELTP
#TransportationLeadership
🔗 bit.ly/NYMTC-ELTP
#TransportationLeadership
🚚 Join NYMTC’s last Brown Bag of 2025 on 12/10 at 12 p.m.! Tanvi Pandya of the NYC DOT will present on the Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) Program on the BQE, which detects overweight vehicles to preserve infrastructure and guide real-time planning & enforcement.
🔗 https://bit.ly/NYMTCDec2025BrownBag
🔗 https://bit.ly/NYMTCDec2025BrownBag
December 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🚚 Join NYMTC’s last Brown Bag of 2025 on 12/10 at 12 p.m.! Tanvi Pandya of the NYC DOT will present on the Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) Program on the BQE, which detects overweight vehicles to preserve infrastructure and guide real-time planning & enforcement.
🔗 https://bit.ly/NYMTCDec2025BrownBag
🔗 https://bit.ly/NYMTCDec2025BrownBag
🚨 Grant Alert! The New York State Department of Transportation's Section 5310 funding is available for projects that improve transportation for seniors & people with disabilities. Eligible applicants: gov’ts, nonprofits, transit operators, tribes.
🗓️ Apply by 12/5 🔗 https://on.ny.gov/3XOXZdj
🗓️ Apply by 12/5 🔗 https://on.ny.gov/3XOXZdj
December 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🚨 Grant Alert! The New York State Department of Transportation's Section 5310 funding is available for projects that improve transportation for seniors & people with disabilities. Eligible applicants: gov’ts, nonprofits, transit operators, tribes.
🗓️ Apply by 12/5 🔗 https://on.ny.gov/3XOXZdj
🗓️ Apply by 12/5 🔗 https://on.ny.gov/3XOXZdj
Public hearings begin this week on the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey's $45B 2026–2035 Capital Plan. This is your chance to comment on projects like the new Midtown Bus Terminal, updates at NYC-area airports, and PATH service improvements!
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/PANYNJ2025Hearings
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/PANYNJ2025Hearings
December 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Public hearings begin this week on the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey's $45B 2026–2035 Capital Plan. This is your chance to comment on projects like the new Midtown Bus Terminal, updates at NYC-area airports, and PATH service improvements!
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/PANYNJ2025Hearings
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/PANYNJ2025Hearings
⏰ Last chance! The comment period for proposed TIP amendments closes today at 4 p.m. Share your input on repaving NY27, concrete rehab on I-95 & I-278, and the Pascack Rd Bridge replacement. #PublicCommentPeriod #TransportationPlanning
🔗 https://bit.ly/TIP111925
🔗 https://bit.ly/TIP111925
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
⏰ Last chance! The comment period for proposed TIP amendments closes today at 4 p.m. Share your input on repaving NY27, concrete rehab on I-95 & I-278, and the Pascack Rd Bridge replacement. #PublicCommentPeriod #TransportationPlanning
🔗 https://bit.ly/TIP111925
🔗 https://bit.ly/TIP111925
🎥 Missed NYMTC’s Nov 20 PFAC meeting? The full recording is now on YouTube! Watch Scott Geiger, Katie Craig & Jenny Baez present on NYSDOT's U.S. Route 9 Complete Streets project, an effort to improve safety along the corridor 🚗🚲🚶♀️🛣️ Watch here: https://bit.ly/49KYn3N
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🎥 Missed NYMTC’s Nov 20 PFAC meeting? The full recording is now on YouTube! Watch Scott Geiger, Katie Craig & Jenny Baez present on NYSDOT's U.S. Route 9 Complete Streets project, an effort to improve safety along the corridor 🚗🚲🚶♀️🛣️ Watch here: https://bit.ly/49KYn3N
🍁 Happy Thanksgiving from NYMTC!
Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday filled with gratitude, connection, and safe travels across our region. Whether you're heading near or far, we hope your journey is smooth and your celebration is joyful. 🦃
#HappyThanksgiving
Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday filled with gratitude, connection, and safe travels across our region. Whether you're heading near or far, we hope your journey is smooth and your celebration is joyful. 🦃
#HappyThanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🍁 Happy Thanksgiving from NYMTC!
Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday filled with gratitude, connection, and safe travels across our region. Whether you're heading near or far, we hope your journey is smooth and your celebration is joyful. 🦃
#HappyThanksgiving
Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday filled with gratitude, connection, and safe travels across our region. Whether you're heading near or far, we hope your journey is smooth and your celebration is joyful. 🦃
#HappyThanksgiving
🦃Based on MTA's travel data from last Thanksgiving, expect lighter public transit ridership and average traffic on the region’s bridges and tunnels tomorrow. Dive deeper into other travel trends with NYMTC’s Hub Bound Report – coming January 2026! #ThanksgivingTravel
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🦃Based on MTA's travel data from last Thanksgiving, expect lighter public transit ridership and average traffic on the region’s bridges and tunnels tomorrow. Dive deeper into other travel trends with NYMTC’s Hub Bound Report – coming January 2026! #ThanksgivingTravel
⏰ There’s still time to comment on proposed amendments to the FFY 2023–2027 TIP! Amendments include NY27 repaving, pavement rehab on the Cross Bronx Expwy/I-95 & BQE/I-278, and the Pascack Rd Bridge replacement. Submit comments by 12/1: https://bit.ly/TIP111925
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
⏰ There’s still time to comment on proposed amendments to the FFY 2023–2027 TIP! Amendments include NY27 repaving, pavement rehab on the Cross Bronx Expwy/I-95 & BQE/I-278, and the Pascack Rd Bridge replacement. Submit comments by 12/1: https://bit.ly/TIP111925
🚀 NYMTC is partnering with NYU’s Rudin and C2SMART Centers to launch the Executive Leadership Training Program! Mid-level transportation professionals can apply to explore new tech, visit critical infrastructure, and meet regional leaders in 2026. Apply by 12/15: bit.ly/NYMTC-ELTP
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🚀 NYMTC is partnering with NYU’s Rudin and C2SMART Centers to launch the Executive Leadership Training Program! Mid-level transportation professionals can apply to explore new tech, visit critical infrastructure, and meet regional leaders in 2026. Apply by 12/15: bit.ly/NYMTC-ELTP
🎬 “Mr. DeMille, we were ready for our close-up.”
✏️ Students from Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring, MD visited NYMTC in early November to interview our executives for a documentary on the benefits of NYC’s public transportation system. Premiere expected May 2026! 🍎
✏️ Students from Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring, MD visited NYMTC in early November to interview our executives for a documentary on the benefits of NYC’s public transportation system. Premiere expected May 2026! 🍎
November 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🎬 “Mr. DeMille, we were ready for our close-up.”
✏️ Students from Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring, MD visited NYMTC in early November to interview our executives for a documentary on the benefits of NYC’s public transportation system. Premiere expected May 2026! 🍎
✏️ Students from Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring, MD visited NYMTC in early November to interview our executives for a documentary on the benefits of NYC’s public transportation system. Premiere expected May 2026! 🍎
🚉 During the November Brown Bag last week, Susie Lai from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, highlighted the EWR Station Access Project, which will improve mobility for travelers and offer a one-seat, eight-minute ride from the airport to midtown Manhattan. 🗽
🔗 bit.ly/NYMTCNov25BB
🔗 bit.ly/NYMTCNov25BB
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🚉 During the November Brown Bag last week, Susie Lai from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, highlighted the EWR Station Access Project, which will improve mobility for travelers and offer a one-seat, eight-minute ride from the airport to midtown Manhattan. 🗽
🔗 bit.ly/NYMTCNov25BB
🔗 bit.ly/NYMTCNov25BB
Now through 12/1: Share your input on proposed updates to the 2023–2027 TIP! Let us know your thoughts on projects including NY27 repavement, concrete rehab on the Cross Bronx, and Pascack Bridge replacement. 🛣️
🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/TIP111925
🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/TIP111925
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Now through 12/1: Share your input on proposed updates to the 2023–2027 TIP! Let us know your thoughts on projects including NY27 repavement, concrete rehab on the Cross Bronx, and Pascack Bridge replacement. 🛣️
🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/TIP111925
🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/TIP111925
NYMTC joined state and local officials to celebrate completing the $1.7B Hunts Point Access Improvement Project, the final phase in the South Bronx’s transformation. Thanks to Governor Hochul and the NYSDOT, the project reconnects neighborhoods & improves mobility and green space.
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
NYMTC joined state and local officials to celebrate completing the $1.7B Hunts Point Access Improvement Project, the final phase in the South Bronx’s transformation. Thanks to Governor Hochul and the NYSDOT, the project reconnects neighborhoods & improves mobility and green space.
Don't miss NYMTC’s next PFAC meeting on 11/20 at 11:30 a.m.!📅
Join us at 25 Beaver St, NYC or join virtually to learn about NYSDOT's U.S. Route 9 Complete Streets Project improving roadway mobility. 🛣️
🔗: https://bit.ly/NYMTCPFACNovember2025
📩 RSVP: [email protected]
Join us at 25 Beaver St, NYC or join virtually to learn about NYSDOT's U.S. Route 9 Complete Streets Project improving roadway mobility. 🛣️
🔗: https://bit.ly/NYMTCPFACNovember2025
📩 RSVP: [email protected]
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Don't miss NYMTC’s next PFAC meeting on 11/20 at 11:30 a.m.!📅
Join us at 25 Beaver St, NYC or join virtually to learn about NYSDOT's U.S. Route 9 Complete Streets Project improving roadway mobility. 🛣️
🔗: https://bit.ly/NYMTCPFACNovember2025
📩 RSVP: [email protected]
Join us at 25 Beaver St, NYC or join virtually to learn about NYSDOT's U.S. Route 9 Complete Streets Project improving roadway mobility. 🛣️
🔗: https://bit.ly/NYMTCPFACNovember2025
📩 RSVP: [email protected]
🚨 New grant alert for NY communities🚨$97M in funding through the New York State Department of Transportation is available for active transportation projects! 🚴♀️🚶 Grants support multi-use paths, safer streets & healthier communities. Apply by 3/12/26 🌆
🔗 www.dot.ny.gov/tap-cmaq
🔗 www.dot.ny.gov/tap-cmaq
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🚨 New grant alert for NY communities🚨$97M in funding through the New York State Department of Transportation is available for active transportation projects! 🚴♀️🚶 Grants support multi-use paths, safer streets & healthier communities. Apply by 3/12/26 🌆
🔗 www.dot.ny.gov/tap-cmaq
🔗 www.dot.ny.gov/tap-cmaq