MTA Issues RFP For L Line Cellular Connectivity
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) issued a Request for Proposals for a real estate license to build out and operate cellular connections in the L line’s tunnel beneath the East River.
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NYMTA Sets $17B Budget
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board recently approved the agency’s $17 billion 2020 budget and four-year financial plan.
McCord in as MTA CTO Ahead of Transformation Plan
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has chosen Anthony McCord as its Chief Transformation Officer as it undergoes its Transformation Plan—“a historic reorganization to improve service and modernize all aspects of operations for the first time in half a century.”
MTA Transit Tech Lab Seeks Submissions
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Partnership for New York City announced the second round of the Transit Tech Lab, described as “an accelerator program that allows the MTA and other public transportation agencies to explore innovative, private sector solutions to problems they face in operating the region’s subway, bus and commuter rail services.”
MTA to Increase Train Speed 50% on Certain Track
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released preliminary findings of the Train Speed and Safety Task Force that demonstrate subway train speeds on certain sections of track can be increased by as much as 50%. The task force initiated the study with engineering firm STV, with the help of Transport Workers Union, that remains ongoing but has already determined four core areas of focus that would lead to faster trains while prioritizing customer and employee safety.
PSNY track work to affect NJT, LIRR
Track work at Penn Station New York (PSNY) this summer will have effects on two public transportation lines—NJ Transit (NJT) and Long Island Rail Road (LIRR).
Foye elevated to MTA chairmanship
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced March 29 the nomination of Patrick Foye as New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman, as well as those of four new board members.
New York’s subways “an overall better experience”
MTA President Patrick Foye, New York City Transit President Andy Byford and Senior Vice President Subways Sally Librera provided statistics on March 18 to show that the New York subway system has seen a dramatic increase in performance since the implementation of the Subway Action Plan and NYCT’s Save Safe Seconds campaign.
MTA tabs Collins Aerospace to help modernize subway
Fresh off Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio coming together to fix the subway system, the MTA has awarded Collins Aerospace a 53-month, $68 million contract to serve as the prime contractor for a transit information management modernization project.
Cuomo, De Blasio propose MTA “transformation”
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have—some would say surprisingly—worked together and announced a 10-point plan to transform and fund the MTA.