New York City transit advocates handed out awards to what they say are the slowest and least reliable bus routes in the city.

Without relief mechanisms, transit agencies could lose buying power and have to delay climate-driven purchases.

Lanes reserved exclusively for transit buses first appeared on Minneapolis streets about seven years ago as part of a pilot, but are now commonplace on some of the city’s busiest streets. The lanes ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said she had concerns about Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plan to make New York City buses free.