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The MTA Inspector General is nominated by the New York State Governor and must be confirmed by the New York State Senate. [1] [13] The agency's creation was requested by then-Governor Mario Cuomo. [14] The first MTA Inspector General was Sidney Schwartz. [15] In 2019, Carolyn Pokorny became the first female MTA Inspector General. [16]
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 ...
MTA (in-house) 1988 Retired, 0R714/1R714 preserved R96 Overhaul 43 flat cars R97: 1 vacuum train: Cancelled: R98 Retrofit traction motors R99 Same as R29 [18] R100: 2 crane cars: Never purchased: R101 Reconditioned flat cars F500–F529 LB Foster 1987 In service: R101A Reconditioned flat cars F531–F532 NYCT (in-house) 2001 In service: R102 ...
The MTA has installed retail spaces within paid areas in selected stations, including the station concourses of the Times Square–Port Authority complex, the 59th Street–Columbus Circle station, and the 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station. [69] In the 1980s, the MTA operated around 350 retail spaces in the subway system. [69]
A closed entrance to the 45th Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.. The 2005 New York City transit strike, held from December 20 through 22, 2005, was the third strike ever by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 against New York City's Transit Authority and involved between 32,000 and 34,000 strikers.
The R142As are numbered 7591–7810. They were originally numbered 7211–7810 when built, but cars 7211–7590 were converted into R188s. [10] [11] [12]The R142A contract was divided into three sub-orders: 400 main order cars (7211–7610), 120 option order cars (7611–7730), and 80 cars built under a supplemental contract (R142S) in 2004–2005 [2] [1] to supplement the R142As (7731–7810).
In January 2019, the MTA announced that the R262s would be replacing the R62 and R62A fleets, a new fleet that would be ordered as part of a future capital program. [5]: 25 In June 2023, the MTA hinted towards the existence of the R268 subway car contract. More information is to be announced. [25]
On December 17, 2009, the MTA board voted to cut New York City Transit bus and subway citywide in order to reduce the MTA's budget deficit of $900 million. [26] As part of the cuts, Saturday Q79 service was to be discontinued. [27] On January 22, 2010, the MTA announced that it modified its plan to cut transit service to reduce customer impact.