MTA Releases App With Real-Time Subway Countdown Clocks
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – You can now find out when the next subway train will arrive simply by looking at your smartphone. The MTA launched a smartphone app that shows real-time train arrival times on...
View ArticleFollowing Deadly Accidents On Subway Platforms, Some Call For Improved Safety...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There are renewed calls to make the edge of subway platforms less dangerous following several deadly incidents. There were three accidents on subway platforms over the last 48...
View ArticleMTA Chief Lhota Won’t Commit To Subway Platform Barriers
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Many cities around the world, including Paris, have glass barriers on at least some of their train platforms. WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb On The...
View ArticleMTA’s Trash Can Free Subway Experiment Succeeding!
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There were predictions the subway stations in an MTA experiment that removed trash cans would become landfills with rails. But there is early evidence the riding public is on...
View ArticleNYC Transit Chief Promises Changes After Blizzard Meltdown
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – With winter a little more than two weeks away, the New York City Council wants to know what has changed at the MTA since last December’s blizzard, and the MTA says new...
View ArticleOfficials: More Needs To Be Done To Fix Rash Of LIRR Shutdowns
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Metropolitan Transit Authority President and CEO Thomas Prendergast admits a recent rash of technical failures on the Long Island Rail Road is evidence that more needs to be...
View ArticleMTA Heeds Cuomo’s Remark That Rise In Subway Sex Crimes Is Unacceptable
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday was taking to heart complaints from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that reported sex crimes are on the rise in the subway system. As...
View ArticleMore Wi-Fi, Cell Service Coming To NYC Subway
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York City subway riders will soon have more access to Wi-Fi and cellphone service as part of a plan to upgrade an aging transit system that serves 9 million people daily....
View ArticleMTA Chairman ‘Confident’ In Meeting Phase Two Deadline For Second Avenue...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved a new operating budget during its final board meeting of the year on Wednesday. But as WCBS 880’s Paul Murnane reported, MTA...
View ArticleMTA’s Prendergast: LIRR, Metro-North Won’t See Positive Train Control Until 2018
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Despite several deadly train accidents over the last several years, MTA Chair and CEO Thomas Prendergast now says Positive Train Control will not be fully installed on the...
View ArticleGov. Cuomo: Federal Government To Approve $1B Loan To MTA
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday he’s reappointing Thomas Prendergast as MTA chairman. In a speech to the Association for a Better New York, Cuomo also said the federal...
View ArticleTransit Advocate: Cuomo Must Step Up, Help MTA Financially
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Transit advocate Gene Russianoff showed up at a Metropolitan Transportation Authority meeting Wednesday carrying what appeared to be an oversized MetroCard. But instead, it read...
View ArticleMTA Chairman Says 2nd Avenue Subway Expansion In Jeopardy Without Funding
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_20150303085709707AA.mp4 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Plans to extend the Second Avenue subway line south of Midtown could go off the rails unless the MTA’s funding...
View ArticleTransit Officials Review Safety After Deadly Metro-North Train Crash
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Thomas Prendergast says officials are reviewing safety practices at railroad crossings after an SUV drove onto the tracks and...
View ArticleNTSB Investigating Deadly Metro-North Crash
VALHALLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A team of federal investigators arrived Wednesday at the Westchester County site of a crash that authorities have called the deadliest in Metro-North’s history. As CBS2’s...
View ArticleMTA Eyes Devices To Warn About People On Tracks
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is looking into ways to prevent tragedies like the death of a Bronx man who was purposely pushed onto the tracks earlier this month....
View ArticleMTA Chief Warns Capital Plan Budget Gap Could Grow
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The $15 billion budget gap in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $32 billion capital plan could widen if there are changes in federal funding or to the state’s payroll...
View ArticleMTA Bridge And Tunnel Officers Help Rescue Residents From Burning Building In...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The MTA says eight Bridge and Tunnel police officers helped rescue more than a dozen people from a fire Wednesday morning at an apartment building in Queens. The two-alarm fire...
View ArticleCuomo: Strike Averted As Deal Reached Between MTA, LIRR Unions
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There was handshaking and back-patting all around Thursday, after Gov. Andrew Cuomo helped broker a deal between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Long Island...
View ArticleMTA, LIRR Unions End Another Day Of Talks 4 Days Before Potential Strike
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — With a Long Island Rail Road strike potentially set to start Sunday, the unions and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority returned to the bargaining table Wednesday and...
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