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The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, [2] or simply Transit, [3] and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City. Part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest and largest transit system in ...
The transit crime wave affected 36 trains, saw 78 windows smashed, caused service to be fully suspended on the W line and prompted further delays for D, N, Q and R trains in Manhattan, Brooklyn ...
September 18, 2023. When a gunman opened fire on a Brooklyn subway car in April 2022, wounding 10 people, Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers were the first to respond. Train conductors ...
MTA employees also suffered due to the budget issues. By mid-July 2010, MTA layoffs had reached over 1,000, and many of those affected were low-level employees who made less than $55,000 annually. [143] As of 2015, the MTA was running a $15 billion deficit in its $32 billion 2015–2019 Capital Plan. [144]
In 1992, the MTA built little league baseball fields on an adjacent site one block west. [63] The MTA also owned the lot immediately south of the depot until 2014, which was leased and used as a driving range from 1999 to 2010. [64] [65] This land was originally planned for an expansion of the depot, or a new central rebuild facility.
Nearly half – 48.6% – said they’d been physically assaulted at work. The study follows a report from the Urban Institute, which found that assaults on transit workers resulting in fatalities ...
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) unveiled a 20-year needs assessment, including a list of initiatives to address New York City’s aging transit system. The upgrade intends to ...
The MTA hired Andy Byford as the president of the New York City Transit Authority in November 2017. [77] [78] Previously CEO at the Toronto Transit Commission, Byford assumed his new position in January 2018. MTA leadership expected that Byford would be able to devise solutions to fix the NYCTA's reliability issues, particularly those of the ...