Video from inside the 191st Street station shows the yellow barriers at the edge of the platform. The others will be at West 8th Street-New York Aquarium station and the Clark Street station in Brooklyn. The fourth location is still to be determined. FLASHBACK:MTA: Subway platform barriers...
rolling stock costs, and the new faregates. But for now, I’d like to just focus on a high-level issue and how it relates to the subway’s history: State of Good Repair. The capital plan has a summary history of
With any luck, this week will be the last we hear of the MTA’s ill-conceived “Genius Competition.” The brain-child of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Genius Competition arose in May of 2017 when the governor couldn’t ignore the drumbeat over declining subway reliability and decided toconvene a...
The first challenge here is to persuade the New York political scene that it makes sense to run the New York Subway well. This should be a winnable argument politically. If it was well run the Democratic Party would have a functional big city to point to in terms of persuading people in...
The lamp arrives at a time when some iconic pieces of MTA paraphernalia are being phased out. The MTA announced plans tophase out its colorful card machinesback in 2022 (although they are still present in the subway system today). The transit authority is also phasing out its met...
The MTA says potential setbacks include the rollout of new subway cars, as well as upgrades to its signal system and subway stations. CBS New York's Elijah Westbrook spoke with commuters at the 145th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue station in Harlem, which does not have an el...
the MTA has unveiled its own proposal for addressing a budget deficit expected to reach $12 billion by the end of 2021. In a presentation to the MTA Board today, agency CFO Bob Foran warned of a 40 percent cut to subway and bus service, a crippling decrease in commuter rail service, th...
through events such as the annual Disability Pride Parade. While the parade, which happens every July in honor of Disability Pride Month, is postponed this year due to COVID concerns, organizations are working to make everyday necessities, such as the subway, more inclusive of ...
This means your users will be able to use your app at 10,000 feet and on the subway. On mobile devices, your app can be added directly to the user's home screen, app icon and all. This eliminates the need for the app store.
The MTA has huge pockets when it comes to spending our money. They have WIFI in subway stations now so the homeless can feel more connected, signalling systems that know the absolute location of every train as they sit between stations in lower Manhattan for an hour at a time. We have en...