A lot of MTA workers really don’t like Jay Walder. For them, the CEO and chairman of the transit agency is a “rich elitist” with a home in France who makes terrible decisions and lays them off. He’s also the inspiration for this customized jacket, spotted on a worker at the LIRR’s East New York train station yesterday. Read more »
Governor Paterson’s pick as new chairman of the MTA could bode well for the cash-strapped authority, not to mention getting rid of the swipe. Nominee Jay Walder previously worked for the MTA in the 80s and 90s, helping lead the authority out of a smaller financial black hole, and more recently with Transport for London. There he’s credited with straightening out the transit system’s funding mess, “put[ing] together a five-year, £10bn investment in the city’s London Underground, bus and road systems,” helped implement London’s congestion pricing system and launched the no-swipe Oyster card. Read more »
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