The initiative will allow the MTA to leverage planned private development to achieve a fully accessible transit system faster.
Unvaccinated employees will now be required to test weekly for COVID-19.
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.
Transit agency leaders hosted a rally that called on Congress to urgently deliver significant and immediate federal aid to public transportation systems nationwide.
Since the onset of the pandemic, the personal protective equipment distributed to heroic MTA frontline employees includes 4.9 million N95 and KN95 masks, 4.8 million surgical masks, and 600,000 cloth masks.
In total since the summer of 2018, a safety committee has approved increases to speed limits at 68 locations, and the agency has implemented 24 of them.
NFI has delivered more than 2,500 buses to NYCT, with over 1,100 MCI coaches and 1,400 New Flyer transit buses.
The Fast Forward Plan includes goals such as installing new signal and track infrastructure for subways and accelerating accessibility.
Over the past three months, LIRR engineering crews worked to implement this important safety initiative well ahead of schedule.
LIRR Care will serve as a customer assistance program for those who need an extra helping hand to navigate the railroad system.
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