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We'll begin today with the head of the MTA, Jan O'Leber, with a lot of news right now about the Trump administration's interactions with the transit system around here.

That includes a takeover from the MTA of the renovation of Penn Station and another deadline for an end to the congestion pricing toll from Manhattan below 60th Street.

It might even include their interactions with the Trump administration a new transportation

funding formula based on an area's marriage and birth rates. Have you heard that one yet?

So we'll talk about those things, as well as transit news that has nothing to do with the changes in

Washington. Jeno Lieber is chair and CEO of the MTA. Chairman Lieber, we always appreciate when you

come on with us. Welcome back to WNYC. Good to be with you, Brian.

And listeners, our lines are open for your questions, comments, and stories. 212, 433. WNYC, call about the

state of your bus or train line or public safety or the warning from the MTA about another potential,

quote, summer of hell regarding equipment problems or funding and policy issues or how congestion pricing is affecting you for better or worse, or what kind of Penn Station Reno you want to see.

Classical like Trump seems to prefer, brutalist, modern, Do you even care as long as the train service is good?

Does Penn Station even need more reconstruction?

The New York Post says it doesn't.

We'll get to that.

But you tell us or ask any MTA-related question.

212-433, WNYC, call or text, 212, 433, 9692. Chairman Lieber, let's start with Penn Station.

As most of our listeners know, subway lines, Amtrak, NJ Transit, and the Long Island Railroad

all go there. Metro North Will 2 in a couple of years. Remind everybody what the goal is for improving it.

They've actually been two separate projects that the feds now say they'll combine, right?

Yeah, I mean, here's the bottom line is that the MTA riders, Long Island Railroad riders,

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