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MTA bringing 40,000+ digital video ad screens to subway cars and stations
Digital screen rendering, courtesy MTA’s flickr If you thought those ads in taxicabs were annoying, wait until you see what’s in store for NYC’s beleaguered subway riders. The Post reports that the MTA...
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Subway delays could cost the city’s economy up to $389M annually
Image © 6sqft New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer released an analysis on Sunday that found the economic cost of subway delays could range from $170 million per year to $389 million in lost wages...
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MTA refurbishes and removes seats from E train to squeeze more riders in cars
Updated interior of E train, photo via MTA on Flickr The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Tuesday revealed the first cars refurbished and reconfigured under their “NYC Subway Action...
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MTA begins testing of new subway fare system, first step to phasing out...
Image: Phil Hollenback via Flickr. With the goal of eventually phasing out the use of MetroCards in the New York City subway system, the MTA has begun the testing phase of a mobile device scanning and...
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MTA may replace subway booth workers with roaming ‘ambassadors’
Subway booth at the Columbus Circle station, via Wiki Commons Fresh off their announcement that they’ve begun the testing phase of a mobile device scanning and payment system to replace the MetroCard,...
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Subway delays cost New Yorkers $1.23M a day in lost work time
6sqft recently covered a report released by the city’s Independent Budget Office that analyzed the impact of a growing number of subway delays and found that subway downtime could be costing the city...
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A never-built transit plan would have shuttled New Yorkers through elevated...
6sqft has marveled at the 1951 proposal by Goodyear Tires for a giant conveyor belt to carry people between Times Square and Grand Central and Alfred Ely Beach’s underground pneumatic tube system. The...
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MTA’s new cardless fare system will be rolled out by 2020
Image: Phil Hollenback via Flickr. 6sqft previously reported on the launch of testing on a mobile device scanning and fare payment system with the goal of eventually phasing out the use of MetroCards...
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Former MTA official suggests a surcharge on rents to pay for transit maintenance
One night, workers removed 41,800 pounds of scrap debris, photo via MTA Although it’s obvious New York City’s subway system remains in desperate need of repair, it’s less clear how these renovations,...
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MTA will test floor-to-ceiling protective barrier on L-train platform
Photo of the L-train via Wikimedia As part of its NYC Subway Action Plan aimed at enhancing the straphanger experience, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will install a floor-to-ceiling...
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Report breaks down how much time New Yorkers waste waiting for delayed subways
Photo courtesy of Roman Kruglov on Flickr The Independent Budget Office released yet another incriminating report this week about New York City’s subway system. Not only are the subway’s growing delays...
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MTA approves $574M MetroCard-replacing e-readers; new video and renderings
Cubic MTA payment system. Rendering courtesy of Cubic Corporation. Cubic, the San Diego-based company who was awarded the job of creating the MTA’s new cardless fare system, has just announced that the...
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What it was like the day the NYC subway opened in 1904
Postcard via NYPL The Interborough Rapid Transit Subway, or IRT, was the first subway company ever in New York City. The company formed as a response to elevated train lines springing up around the...
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MTA will spend $4 billion to buy 1,600+ new subway cars
R211 subway car prototype © MTA/Flickr Following a very rough year for the city’s subway system, the MTA announced it’ll spend close to $4 billion to buy over a thousand new train cars to modernize the...
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MTA funding dispute postpones $200M of Cuomo’s subway stations renovations
R211 subway car prototype © MTA/Flickr The board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday delayed a vote on construction contracts to renovate two stations in the Bronx and six in...
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MTA plans wonky routes for D and 4 trains, and more weekend service updates
Photo by Giuseppe Milo / Flickr This weekend, 1, G, Q, and L riders are in luck: trains will operate as usual (so, expect issues, but no scheduled ones). All other straphangers, especially those on the...
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To fund MTA projects, Cuomo calls for a tax increase on properties near the...
Second Avenue Subway station, courtesy of Governor Cuomo’s Flickr Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed FY 2019 budget, released earlier this month, calls on New York City to increase its funding to the...
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As New York struggles with basic maintenance, global cities build cheaper,...
Construction workers giving a tour of the Second Avenue subway; photo via the MTA on Flickr The exorbitant construction costs of building transit projects, coupled with project delays, could make the...
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Urban Romance: Photographer Matt Weber captures decades of love on the subway
Subway Kiss #1 by Matt Weber 6sqft’s series The Urban Lens invites photographers to share work exploring a theme or a place within New York City. In this installment, Matt Weber shares his “Urban...
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Interactive map identifies the New York City neighborhoods most underserved...
Map via AllTransit Nearly 29 percent of New York City households are underserved by transit, according to data from the Center for Neighborhood Technology and TransitCenter. In a joint project, called...
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