The initiative also includes the recent deployment of Mercury, a new communications platform that enables location-specific, targeted content to be sent to screens outside and in stations.
The installation of new barriers across the fleet is expected to be completed by the fall. The MTA will resume front door boarding on all buses in August.
Research has found that wearing a face covering can reduce the rate of COVID-19 transmission significantly.
The MTA is also launching the Essential Plan Night Service marking a robust increase in overnight bus service — substantially increasing the number of bus trips by 1,168 or more than 76%,
As a result of the strengthening workforce and improved employee scheduling, MTA New York City Transit is continuing to improve subway service regularity.
Face coverings protecting New Yorkers’ nose and mouth, including cloth bandanas, scarves, masks, or other alternatives, were mandatory effective April 17 to ride public transportation.
The new partnership with the state’s largest healthcare provider marks the latest in a series of aggressive health and safety measures taken by the MTA to protect its vital frontline workforce.
Letter to the New York Congressional Delegation requests more than $4 billion in federal aid as it continues to respond to COVID-19.
The MTA continues to work around the clock with the CDC, DOH and other agencies, and has already taken a number of steps to provide information about the virus to employees and customers.
More than 130 companies applied to be part of this year’s program, which focuses on three topics that were jointly chosen by the participating agencies.