Over the past three months, LIRR engineering crews worked to implement this important safety initiative well ahead of schedule.
The safety issue continues to be a growing problem as distracted or confused motorists, some using GPS devices, inadvertently turn onto tracks instead of parallel roadways.
Unless there are clearly defined responsibilities with defined funding sources and some levels of autonomy, they become troubled.
Program will offer discounted fares for customers traveling between Brooklyn and seven stations in Queens on a temporary basis.
The "Trans-Regional Express," or "T-REX," would connect the systems to greatly cut travel times and increase capacity on rail lines that will only see more strain as the area's population grows.
Phillip Eng first joined the MTA in March 2017 when he was appointed COO, where he was responsible for leading major initiatives across all of the MTA’s agencies with a focus on innovation and technology.
The project will add a 9.8-mile third track and add critical capacity on Long Island Rail Road’s busiest corridor.
The NTSB also determined that these safety issues were not unique to these two properties, but exist throughout the country at many intercity passenger and commuter passenger train terminals.
The project utilizes Design-Build construction and a specialized New Track Construction machine that lays rail more than 10 times faster than the MTA has ever done before, saving more than $7 million in construction costs.
Additional personnel and security equipment will be deployed by state agencies, including rapid radiation response trucks, bomb-detecting canines, an increased heavily armed presence, enhanced surveillance, and rapid response vehicles at all high-profile locations.
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