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Contactless trial on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, 2007. Subway tokens had been used as the MTA subway and bus systems' form of fare payment since the 1950s. MetroCards made by Cubic Transportation Systems started to replace the tokens in 1992; the MetroCards used magnetic stripes to encode the fare payment.
In 1983, the New York State Legislature established the Office of the MTA Inspector General through Public Authorities Law 1279. [1] 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]
NEW YORK CITY — A Long Island Rail Road worker claimed 10 hours a day of overtime, earning $344,000 extra pay, while he actually went bowling.
Three hundred new R179 subway cars made for the NYC subway by Canada-based company Bombardier Transportation — which the MTA had previously guessed would arrive by late 2018 or 2019 — are now ...
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 ...
Service improved through 2019, but the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City in early 2020 further depleted the MTA's finances. Governor Cuomo also proposed implementing congestion pricing in New York City to fund the MTA, which was approved in 2021, but as of 2024, it was indefinitely postponed by his successor, Kathy Hochul.
In 2003, the LIRR and Metro-North started a pilot program in which passengers traveling within New York City were allowed to buy one-way tickets for $2.50. [63] The special reduced-fare CityTicket, proposed by the New York City Transit Riders Council, [63] was formally introduced in 2004. [64]
Community Corner Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry Weekend Service Proving Popular: MTA The pilot program, put in place before NYC's congestion pricing program was delayed, will last until Veterans Day.