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In 2017, MTA introduced a new mobile ticketing app called CharmPass, which allows passengers to pay fares on all MTA services using mobile devices. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] As of February 2023 [update] , the MTA is procuring modern replacements for CharmCard and CharmPass, which are "quickly reaching end-of-life".
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 ...
J trains were delayed while a train was removed from service after the attack, the MTA said in an alert at 2:39 p.m. The attack comes days after three MTA workers were assaulted on Friday in ...
Salary Michael T. Burns March 7, 2000 July 15, 2005 Stuart Sunshine (acting) July 15, 2005 January 17, 2006 Nathaniel P. Ford Sr. January 17, 2006 June 30, 2011 Debra A. Johnson (acting) July 1, 2011 August 14, 2011 Edward D. Reiskin August 15, 2011 August 14, 2019 $342,483 [25] Thomas Maguire (acting) [26] August 15, 2019 December 15, 2019
The authority has 10,290 employees, making it one of the region's largest employers. [ 1 ] The authority also partially funds sixteen municipal bus operators and an array of transportation projects including bikeways and pedestrian facilities, local roads and highway improvements, goods movement, Metrolink regional commuter rail, Freeway ...
For example, with a pay-per-ride fare of $2.75 and a weekly unlimited MetroCard cost of $33 (as of October 2021), a passenger would still pay $2.75 per trip if they made 12 or fewer trips in a week; under the proposal, they would pay no more than $33 within a week, even if they made 13 or more trips. [157]
The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA), doing business as MTA Bridges and Tunnels, is an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that operates seven toll bridges and two tunnels in New York City. The TBTA is the largest bridge and tunnel toll agency in the United States by traffic volume.
The bond issue passed, and the MTA was set to take over the NYCTA in 1968. The night before December 31, 1967, the NYCTA and the TWU made an agreement to avoid a strike. The deal gave NYCTA workers the ability to retire with about half-pay after twenty years if the employee was over fifty years old.