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One main task of the Transit Police was its defense of the subway system from defacement. Graffiti was very prominent throughout the subway system by the mid-1980s and the city government took a hard line in response.
Part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest and largest transit system in North America, the NYCTA has a daily ridership of 8 million trips (over 2.5 billion annually). The NYCTA operates the following systems: New York City Subway, a rapid transit system serving Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens
The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system and has a large fleet of electric multiple unit rolling stock. As of November 2016, the New York City Subway has 6418 cars on the roster. The system maintains two separate fleets of passenger cars: one for the A Division (numbered) routes, the other for the B Division (lettered) routes.
At least five locals tumbled down to subway tracks across the city this week alone, including one who was shoved in random attacks, according to police.
New York City plans to intensify a crackdown on subway fare-beating by sending at least 800 police officers specifically to keep watch on turnstiles, officials announced Monday.
In 1989, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority asked the transit police (then located within the NYCTA) to focus on minor offenses such as fare evasion. In the early nineties, the NYCTA adopted similar policing methods for Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal. In 1993, crime rates in the subway dropped, part of a larger decrease across ...
At about 7 a.m., a person was hit by a downtown 6 train at the 77 st. subway station, transit officials said. Police officials told Patch that they had received an emergency call reporting that...
QUEENS, NY — A man's jump into the side of a stationary train in an Astoria subway station caused widespread headaches for straphangers, officials said.
Most trains on the New York City Subway are manually operated. As of 2022, the system currently uses automatic block signaling, with fixed wayside signals and automatic train stops. Many portions of the signaling system were installed between the 1930s and 1960s.
SEPTA's entire transit system — trolleys, buses, subways, and more — could be renamed to "Metro" under the new rebranding proposal. Max Bennett , Patch Staff Posted Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 10:46 am...