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Tim Minton, the MTA’s communications director, said the system tracks fare evasion to figure out how much money the subway isn’t collecting. “We’re using it essentially as a counting tool ...
This new MTA subway delay tracker won't make your train come faster, but it may help legitimize your pain.
In August 2016, the MTA announced that it had initiated Operation Track Sweep, an aggressive plan to dramatically reduce the amount of trash on the tracks and in the subway environment. This was expected to reduce track fires and train delays.
An MTA investigation found that between December 2017 and January 2018, broken signals caused 11,555 train delays. In summer 2018, New York City Transit started evaluating twenty places where signal timers affect service the most.
By 2017, only 65% of weekday trains reached their destinations on time, the lowest rate since a transit crisis in the 1970s. To a lesser extent, New York City buses operated by the MTA were also affected. Both the subway and the buses are run by the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), a subsidiary of the MTA.
Lost your MetroCard? Getting a refund may become easier as the MTA launched a new online claim form on it’s eFix web site, the New York Post reported.
Three People Struck By NYC Subway Trains In 12 Hours: MTA - New York City, NY - At least one man, who was walking on the tracks, is dead, authorities said.
The subway's rolling stock have operated under various companies: the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT), Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit (BMT), and Independent Subway System (IND), all of which have since merged into the New York City Transit Authority.
Track Issue May Have Caused Coney Island Train Derailment: MTA F trains were stopped in both directions in Brooklyn after a train derailment in Brooklyn, authorities said. Emily Rahhal , Patch...
In October 2010, the developers of the buses' GPS devices implemented the MTA system's first bus-tracking app, which monitored buses along the M16 and M34 routes. This evolved into the current web app, which originally tracked buses along the B63 route in Brooklyn when it started in February 2011.