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However, after it picks a private vendor to install the new fare payment system, the MTA says the system won't be up and running until at least 2021. Private vendors have until June 23, 2016 to submit their proposals
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Gov. Cuomo's and Chairman/CEO Thomas F. Prendergast's plan includes expanding the creation of Wi-Fi hotspots in stations; accelerating mobile payment and ticketing to replace the MetroCard; and providing USB ports on subway trains and buses, offering customers the ability to charge their mobile devices while on the go.
Read More →Transit Wireless has initiated design and construction work on the fifth phase of the seven-phase project to wire all 279 underground MTA stations. When completed, Phase 5 will bring another 37 stations online by mid-2016, including the first stations in Brooklyn.
Read More →The program, which totals $26.1 billion, outlines the next five years’ worth of vital investments to renew, enhance and expand the MTA network. This marks the largest investment in MTA infrastructure in history.
Read More →According to MTA’s vision, this line will also be the first interoperable one in the world: it will allow Thales equipment to work seamlessly with other CBTC suppliers’ equipment.
Read More →The $2.42 billion, 1.5-mile extension of the 7 Subway Line Icon Line to 34 St-11 Av was funded by the City of New York. City funding included $2.1 billion for the station in addition to $266 million for other non-subway related infrastructure work
Read More →The cost of copper was around $2.50 a pound in mid-June. While that might not sound like a lot of money, when you have hundreds of feet of copper wire, you’re talking about thousands of dollars or more. Transit systems, which utilize copper in wiring, are the latest target for thieves looking to make some easy cash.
Read More →Across all Select Bus Service corridors that have adopted bus lane cameras, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority found trip times decreasing by an average of 10% to 25%.
Read More →The lawsuit by Vaguely Qualified Productions LLC is a challenge to a new MTA policy banning ads of a political nature from its buses and subways.
Read More →Joe Williams, a 16-year transit veteran was blinded at first, and suffered third-degree burns on his right wrist, forearm and elbow from the high voltage.
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