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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 2, 2024

New York MTA Makes Progress in Expanding Accessibility, Projects Planned for 2024

In 2023, the MTA launched expanded pilots of multiple features to improve wayfinding in subway stations.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 27, 2023

New York MTA Launches E-Hail Expansion

E-Hail is an on-demand service that offers Access-A-Ride (AAR) customers the opportunity to book trips in real-time through existing taxi or for-hire vehicle service.

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Photo GalleriesFebruary 14, 2023

MTA's Paratransit Customer Satisfaction, Upgraded Mobile Booking Process

MTA's new digital booking features continue to improve the customer experience.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 30, 2023

New York Seeing Progress on Subway, Transit Public Safety Initiatives

Last October, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the NYPD and the MTAPD would surge officer presence on platforms

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NewsMay 2, 2022

Nova Bus to Deliver 135 Buses to New York MTA

The MTA Selection Committee unanimously recommended an award of the buses to Nova Bus based on evaluation criteria such as overall project cost, and delivery.

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Newsby StaffOctober 25, 2019

N.Y. MTA creates online budget transparency portal

The new portal includes short explainers with an overview of the budget process, key elements of capital and operating budgets, and information on how each budget works.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 24, 2018

NY MTA approves $1.4B purchase of 535 new railcars

As part of the contract awarded to Kawasaki Rail, the new subway cars will be built in New York and Nebraska. 

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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2018

N.Y. MTA launches all-electric bus pilot program

MTA will test 10 new buses by Proterra and New Flyer with the hope of ordering an additional 60 all-electric buses.

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Newsby StaffNovember 28, 2017

NY MTA buses lost 100 million passenger trips since 2008, report says

The average New York City Transit bus travels 7.4 miles per hour along its local, SBS, and express routes — slowest among the seventeen largest bus companies in the nation, according to a city comptroller report.

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Newsby StaffOctober 23, 2017

NY rail systems begin using work trains to clear 'slimy leaf debris'

A specialized Metro-North work train sprays water at high pressure, and specially equipped highway/rail trucks use rail scrubbers to remove crushed leaf residue from the tracks.

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