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One year and $300M in repairs later, on-time subway rates are still awful
Photo via rhythmicdiaspora on Flickr Despite spending over $300 million on system repairs over the last year, the New York City subway is showing little improvement, with its on-time rate just around...
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MTA to launch 14th Street Select Bus Service to help move 50K more daily...
Via Wikimedia The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) have announced that Select Bus Service will be available to riders on 14th...
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MTA says Uber use is the cause of NYC subway and bus ridership drop
Image: Todd Shaffer via Flickr. According to the Wall Street Journal, the MTA has presented data showing that lower New York City mass transit use numbers matched up with an uptick in taxi and...
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MTA set to hike fares next year, despite poor service and fewer riders
Image by Ged Carroll via Flickr CC Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials announced Wednesday it will stick with its plan to increase fares and tolls that net four percent in 2019 and 2021 as...
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‘The New L’ luxury shuttle service promises to solve L train shutdown, snacks...
Photo via The New L Train As the doomsday clock ticks down the minutes to the dreaded L train apocalypse–the line is being shut down between 8th Avenue in Manhattan and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn for...
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The New York City subway in fascinating facts and figures
When it comes to New York City’s subway system, you may think you know the letters (A,B,C,D,E,F,G,J,L,M,N,Q,R,S,W,Z) and numbers (1 through 7), all too well. But a few of the fun facts and staggering...
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MTA ‘deeply apologizes’ for announcing N train tunnel closure via Twitter
Photo via Wiki Commons The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Monday morning began work on the N, R and D line tunnels running in Brooklyn from 36th Street to 59th Street, causing massive delays....
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In 1981 the MTA rolled out 7,000 pure white subway cars to curb graffiti and...
Image courtesy of the NY Transit Museum Collections. Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, New York City struggled with infrastructure failure, poverty, crime and garbage. One front in what seemed like a...
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RPA report shows subway platform temperatures of 104 degrees
Are subway platforms really as hot as the inside of a rotisserie, or does it just seem that way? On Thursday, August 9, 2018, the Regional Plan Association (RPA) sent out an intrepid task force of...
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MTA to host town hall meetings on ambitious Fast Forward plan
Image © 6sqft Instead of airing grievances about the subway on Twitter, you will soon be able to complain to the boss of the system face-to-face. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced on...
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The second entrance at 34th Street-Hudson Yards 7 station is finally open
The West 35th Street/Hudson Blvd entrance under construction. Image via Wiki Commons. The Manhattan 7 subway extension makes it the only line south of 59th Street to offer service west of Ninth Avenue,...
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Destroyed on 9/11, Cortlandt Street subway station reopens this weekend
Entrance to the new 1 station at WTC Cortlandt via Wiki Commons Three days before the 17th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, the Cortlandt Street subway station that was destroyed that day...
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Delayed train? MTA is on it (within the next 5 to 10 years)
Via rhythmicdiaspora on Flickr In August, Twitter users shamed the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for vaguely announcing a tunnel closure on Twitter in the middle of Monday morning rush hour....
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Signal problems delayed the subway every weekday morning in August except one
Via Dan Phiffer on Flickr Signal problems caused subway train delays during morning rush hour every weekday during the month of August except one day, according to a report released last week by the...
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72nd Street B, C station outside the Dakota reopens with mosaics by Yoko Ono
The MTA has reopened the 72nd Street B, C station on the Upper West Side after five months of extensive upgrades. In addition to the new digital signs and energy-efficient lighting, the station now...
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MTA launches ‘transit tech lab,’ seeking solutions for NYC’s subway and bus...
Via rhythmicdiaspora on Flickr To find innovative solutions for New York City’s crumbling subway and bus system, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is turning to tech companies. The MTA...
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MTA will add 1,000 new roundtrips each week during the L train shutdown
Via Dan Phiffer Flickr During the L train shutdown, 1,000 new alternate roundtrips will be added every week, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Starting in April, extra service...
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MTA’s five-year spending plan could double to $60B
Via Roman Kruglov Flickr Fixing the Metro Area’s mass transit system may cost $60 billion in a five-year spending plan, Politico New York reported this week. The capital spending plan includes...
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Reopened 86th Street B,C station boasts new murals inspired by Central Park...
Photo © 6sqft The 86th Street B, C station reopened last week after five months of renovations and upgrades. The improved Central Park West station now features six colorful mosaic and ceramic murals...
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April 27, 2019: MTA announces start date for L train shutdown
Photo via Flickr cc L train riders, be warned. You have exactly six months until all hell breaks loose. The MTA announced that the line will officially cease running between 8th Avenue and Bedford...
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