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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.
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Some of the new transit shelters will use third-generation organic-dye-based photovoltaic solar film to power the shelter lights and information systems. The structures of the new shelters use steel with high-recycled content as well as energy-efficient LEDs.
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The N.Y. MTA Inspector General’s investigation shows that the workers said that they inspected track signals that direct trains in the subway system and found them to be safe. However, they had never conducted the inspections.
Read More →Richard Katz’s work on the state panel overseeing development of California's high-speed rail system is the focus of a state attorney general review, since he also serves on the boards of the L.A. County MTA and Metrolink. He will leave the panel on Dec. 1.
Read More →With the introduction of 41 additional buses, MTA's hybrid inventory totals 161 out of a total fleet of 748. The fleet will have approximately 500 hybrid buses by 2016.
Read More →Joseph Smith began his career in 1977 as a bus operator at the Amsterdam Depot and rose through the ranks, eventually leading the historic consolidation of the MTA's three bus divisions.
Read More →Agency plans to reduce paratransit costs by $40 million this year and $80 million next year. The United Spinal Association is filing a lawsuit against the MTA, saying it’s not doing what’s necessary to make the subway system accessible.
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The first completed LRV is currently being inspected by SFMTA personnel in order to ensure that all issues are addressed and that the rehabilitation of the remaining 142 vehicles is done correctly by AnsaldoBreda, the manufacturer.
Read More →The agency is attempting to close an $800 million budget gap. The hike follows increases in 2008 and 2009.
Read More →Maspeth, Queens-based Atlantic Paratrans of NYC Inc. will eventually lay off all of its 610 employees, and Progress Transit Inc. of Mill Basin, Brooklyn, will lay off 244 workers.
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