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NewsOctober 26, 2021

New York's MTA Announces New Pandemic-Era Ridership Records

Staten Island Railway ridership continues its upward trend averaging more than 7,000 weekday riders six of the last eight days with a pandemic-era record 7,490 on Thursday, Oct. 21.

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NewsOctober 8, 2021

New York City Adopts Zoning Rules to Advance Transit Accessibility

The initiative will allow the MTA to leverage planned private development to achieve a fully accessible transit system faster.

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NewsOctober 5, 2021

MTA Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Program Enters New Phase

Unvaccinated employees will now be required to test weekly for COVID-19.

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NewsSeptember 22, 2021

New York’s MTA to Increase Mask Enforcement Throughout the System

The goal of heightened enforcement is to increase mask usage across all agencies, and to return to 2020 and early 2021 compliance levels where nearly 100% of riders wore masks onboard subways, buses, commuter railroads, and paratransit vehicles.

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NewsSeptember 20, 2021

Siu Ling Ko Becomes First Woman to Lead MTA Subway Car Maintenance

In her role, she will provide executive oversight for the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of NYC Transit’s fleet of 7,092 cars and for the 24/7 operations of the 13 maintenance and two overhaul and locomotive shops.

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NewsSeptember 14, 2021

New York's MTA Announces Security Cameras Installed at All Stations

Cameras were deployed Sept. 11 at the 472nd station, Broadway station on the line.

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NewsAugust 3, 2021

MTA Announces Promotions at New York City Transit

Craig Cipriano will be the next interim president of New York City Transit and Demetrius Crichlow will serve as senior VP of NYCT’s department of subways.

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NewsJuly 27, 2021

New York's MTA Marks ADA Anniversary, Touts Accessibility Upgrades

Throughout 2021 and 2022, the MTA expects to put more than 800 new buses into service with more flexible seating options in the priority and courtesy seating area designed to accommodate diverse customer needs.

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NewsJuly 12, 2021

New York MTA Surpasses 100M OMNY Taps

The agency's contactless payment system, OMNY, continues to gain increased share of overall fare payments. The system is set to replace the MetroCard in 2023.

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NewsJune 9, 2021

NY Gov. Nominates Feinberg as MTA Chair, Appoints Lieber as CEO

The agency’s current chairman and CEO, Patrick Foye, is expected to leave the agency on July 30 and will step into a new role as interim president and CEO of Empire State Development.

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