New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Agency (MTA) has announced that it’s “saying goodbye” to Twitter as a platform for delivering service alerts and information, citing reliability problems. For over a decade, MTA has provided real-time information on service outages, delays, and other important transit updates for its 1.3 million Twitter followers. This is now coming […]
Masks are not required in most places starting Wednesday, including the public transit, Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced. “Department of Health will be issuing new guidance regarding masks based on the CDC guidance and starting today, masks will be optional,” she said during a press conference on Wednesday. Masks are optional on public transportation, in for-hire […]
The New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority spent $1.5 million on pump trucks to mitigate flooding. But an agency watchdog says none of its personnel were trained to operate them—leaving the equipment unmaintained.
NEW YORK—A recent power outage that disrupted half of New York City’s subway system for several hours and stranded hundreds of passengers was likely caused by someone accidentally pressing an “Emergency Power Off” button, according to investigations released Friday. Outside investigators looking into the disruption on the night of Aug. 29 said there was a […]
A bit of good news for commuters in New York City—the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) won’t increase its fares for riders as scheduled this year. But the city’s mayor wants the transit system to raise funds in a different way.
As Tropical Storm Elsa was moving towards the New York City region with heavy rain and high winds, heavy downpours suddenly hit several areas in the state, flooding some streets and subway stations. People on social media posted videos of the flooding that show commuters moving through waist-deep water in some subway stations in order to […]
A hacking group, believed to have links to the Chinese government, penetrated the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) computer systems in April, exposing vulnerabilities in a vast transportation network that carries millions of people every day, according to an MTA document that outlined the breach.
NEW YORK—Hackers infiltrated computer systems for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York, setting off a scramble to counter a potentially crippling cyberattack against North America’s largest transit system, MTA officials confirmed on Wednesday. The officials said in a statement that that agency received an alert from the FBI and other federal agencies saying three […]
New York City’s subway system looks pretty modern, right? But if you go underground and ride a train, it’s kind of like traveling back in time. Parts of the system were built before World War I and haven’t been changed much since. But now the MTA’s made some historic improvements—partly due to the pandemic.
New York transit workers have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. On Monday, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that a digital memorial at 107 subway stations will honor the 136 employees who have died from the CCP virus. Transit officials said the video tribute will play three times a day through Feb. 7. […]
NEW YORK—Deep in the bedrock 15 stories below the famous Grand Central Terminal, a cavernous construction site is slowly, and expensively, taking shape as a commuter rail hub that will accommodate more than 150,000 passengers a day. East Side Access has been dogged by massive cost overruns and delays since construction began nearly a dozen […]
Sheena Tucker, victim of the recent MTA Harlem train derailment, has filed a Notice of Claim announcing 5 million dollars in damages. On tuesday morning, Tucker left her apartment at West 146th Street and took a Southbound A-line subway. At around 9:48am, the car she was in suddenly flew off the tracks near 128th […]
NEW YORK (AP)—A subway train derailment in New York City that injured nearly three dozen people and sparked major delays is being blamed on human error, not a track defect. A preliminary investigation indicates the derailment just before 10 a.m. Tuesday in Harlem was caused by “an improperly secured piece of replacement rail that was […]
