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In July 2021, Cuomo nominated Lieber to serve as acting chair and CEO, following the retirement of Pat Foye. [4] In November 2021, governor Kathy Hochul said she wanted to nominate him for those roles permanently. [5] He was formally nominated by Hochul and subsequently confirmed by the New York State Senate in January 2022. [8] [9]
In 1968, many cars were repainted into a bright red scheme. The whole R16 fleet was given the new MTA corporate silver and blue scheme in 1970, and the cars kept that scheme until retirement. During the early 1970s, the R16s had their door motors replaced with door motors similar to those used by the R44s.
In September 2013, MTA announced that the LIRR would procure new M9 railcars from Kawasaki. [119] A 2014 MTA forecast indicated that the LIRR would need 416 M9 railcars; 180 to replace the outdated M3 railcars and an additional 236 railcars for the additional passengers expected once the East Side Access project is complete. [120]
The New Technology program emerged from modernization efforts by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) beginning in 1982, when the subway "was on the verge of collapse". [26] [31] [32] The New Technology program officially began in 1988, the first effort at a technologically advanced subway car since the R44 in the early 1970s. [33]
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These cars were built by two different manufacturers. American Car and Foundry built the R26 cars in 1959–1960 and the R28 in 1960–1961.; St. Louis Car Company built the R27 cars in 1960–1961, the R29 in 1962, the R30/A in 1961–1962, the R33 in 1962–1963, R33S single cars in late 1963, and the R36 in 1963–1964.
The R32 was a New York City Subway car model built by the Budd Company from 1964 to 1965 for the IND/BMT B Division.A total of 600 R32s were built, numbered 3350–3949, though some cars were re-numbered.
The division comprises two brands: MTA Bus and MTA New York City Bus. While MTA Bus is an amalgamation of former private companies' routes, MTA New York City Bus is composed of public routes that were taken over by the city before 2005. The MTA also operates paratransit services and formerly operated Long Island Bus.