System Conditions
MTA Statement On Cleaning Program
In today’s New York Daily News, the paper had a strongly worded piece on the cleaning program the MTA runs that includes hiring outside firms to bring new methods to cleaning to the system. The piece stemmed from the paper witnessing an accident at the Clinton-Washington Avenues stop on the last Tuesday. Here is a […]
MTA Board To Hold Emergency Meeting
Earlier today, the MTA announced that it will be holding an emergency board meeting this Tuesday to discuss matters related to the train reconstruction project. Here are more details via the press release they asked me to share: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced it will hold an emergency MTA Board meeting on Tuesday, […]
5 Subway Stations To Get New Elevators
Yesterday, MTA NYC Transit announced that 5 Upper Manhattan subway stations will receive new elevators. Here are more details via the press release the MTA asked me to share with my readers: MTA New York City Transit today announced the long-term schedule for major elevator replacement projects at five separate “deep” stations in the Washington […]
MTA To Perform Repairs On 53rd St Tunnel
Yesterday, MTA NYC Transit announced that it will be performing signal modernization & repairs on the 53rd Street Tunnel that services the & . Here are more details via the press release the agency asked me to share with my readers: MTA New York City Transit will be performing signal and power upgrades, and maintenance […]
MTA Raises Certain Subway Speed Limits
Long time NYC Subway riders remember the days when certain stretches of the system had trains speed through what felt like at the speed of light. Unfortunately some accidents mainly due to human error caused the agency to overreact & implement signal timers which led to severely reduced speeds. This was especially evident on express […]
