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The Oculus, designed by Santiago Calatrava, will serve as the primary link for pedestrian access to the PATH system, 13 New York City subway lines, 500,000 square feet of retail, and four office towers at the WTC site and the World Financial Center.
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One of the benefits of letting riders pay fares using a smart card-based bank card is it allows the transit agency get out of the ticket business. However, costs are still a problem due to transaction fees charged by the banks offering them.
Read More →The new tunnels would significantly increase commuter train capacity by allowing NJ Transit to add an additional 13 trains per peak hour into New York City and it would increase the number of Amtrak trains into New York City by eight per hour.
Read More →Douglas Zeigler, a 37-year veteran of the New York City Police Department, will oversee security for the MTA, including coordinating MTA security efforts with the Department of Homeland Security; FBI; the National Guard; the NYPD and State Police, and the MTA Police Department.
Read More →Students and faculty at the New York City campus will now be able to take the Campus-to-Campus bus service to Ithaca daily. The bus service will soon add six weekly round trips to its schedule, an increase of more than 40 percent over the current 14 trips.
Read More →The 7.4-mile starter line opening has been pushed back due to delivery of electrical and safety components.
Read More →Some rail and bus service returned on Tuesday, after the majority of the city’s transportation was ground to a halt on Monday. Officials said they expected more service to be back to normal by Wednesday.
Read More →The important milestone exceeds the MTA's original goal to get 75 stations online by the end of the year. A similar project to activate informational signs continues to progress along the lettered lines as well.
Read More →Voucher-based car service, used by the MTA since 2001, helps reduce the expenses associated with New York City Transit's paratransit service, Access-A-Ride.
Read More →The agency has teamed with the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission to provide affordable taxi rides to some Access-a-Ride users. The 90-day pilot program is expected to save N.Y. MTA nearly 17 percent in program costs, or 70 percent per trip.
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