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2017–2021 New York City transit crisis. In 2017, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) due to ongoing reliability and crowding problems with mass transit in New York City. This order applied particularly to the New York City Subway, which was the most severely affected ...
Fare Hikes Could Come To Metro-North To Address 'Fiscal Cliff': MTA - New Rochelle, NY - Post-COVID impacts including dramatically reduced ridership has led to a deep budget shortfall,...
Subway Fare Hikes Won't Fix MTA's Budget Woes, Comptroller Says - New York City, NY - The MTA plans to increase subway fares in 2019 and 2021. It'll face a $634 million budget gap in 2022...
The MTA has said fare evasion cost it $225 million last year, with about one in every five bus riders and 3.2 percent of subway riders skipping the fare. New York City Transit President Andy ...
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. As of 2015, the MTA was running a $15 billion deficit in its $32 billion 2015–2019 Capital Plan.
In 1999, the MTA proposed a $17 billion five-year capital budget. This budget included a $1.6 billion LIRR connection to Grand Central, as well as several subway extensions. The project's final environmental impact assessment (FEIS) was released in March 2001.
The pilot program, which was funded to the tune of $15 million as part of Gov. Hochul’s MTA budget, will temporarily make one line per borough free to use starting Sept. 24. The trial is set to ...
Lieber said a redesign of turnstiles and exit gates at subway stations could help stop fare evasion — a problem that now costs the MTA $500 million a year, he claimed.
A congestion pricing scanner is shown above the north-bound side of Broadway, between West 60th and 61st St. in Manhattan, Thursday, November 2, 2023
Subway Chief Cites Fare-Beating In MTA Budget Woes - New York City, NY - Andy Byford said fare evasion is a factor in the MTA's budget problems, drawing fire from the Manhattan DA's...