Tag: MTA
Quick: you’re in a hurry, standing on the J Train platform headed towards Canal Street. You’re going on a date on the Upper East Side, so you’ll need to transfer to the 6 train when you get there. Where do you stand so that when you get there, you don’t have far to go? A […]
Fresh off of news that the opening 7 Train extension will be pushed back several months comes another MTA delay: the East Side Access plan, which would bring LIRR service across town to Grand Central Station, could remain unopened until 2023. Originally, the project was slated for completion by the end of last year. In […]
Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning to retire MetroCards. Instead of swiping into the subway or dipping onto the bus, commuters will be tapping their keychains, smart phones and credit cards by as soon as 2019. “We’re expecting the credit card industry to adopt NFC and RFID payments,” says NY MTA spokesperson Aaron Donovan. “That’s a broader trend taking place […]
The MTA took out a full page ad in Sunday’s New York Daily News, touting its Metro-North line. “Wonderful getaways just outside the City,” reads the travel promo. “Experience Metro-North’s discount one-day getaways and overnights to the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond.” As lovely as it sounds to go on “vineyard tours and wine tastings,” […]
Good news for watchers of the Second Avenue Subway: progress! The 80-year-old project received its first-ever shipment of rails today, a cargo that will be stored in a “cavern” at 96th Street until further notice, according to the New York Times. Okay, it isn’t much, but it does look like the MTA is on track to hit […]
The Straphangers Campaign has completed the latest installment of its annual study of subway announcements, and the R train is still the worst. Forty-four percent of messages on that line were either not understandable or not accurate–just about the same rate the line was operating at last year. The L and the Q, on the […]
That moment–when you come above ground onto the Manhattan Bridge on the N train, or you pull into 14th Street on the A, and you’re frantically refreshing your Twitter and Instagram feeds to give yourself something new to look at for the next 10 minutes–may soon be a thing of the past. MTA chairman Thomas F. […]
If you’re traveling through Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island or certain parts of western Brooklyn, the MTA’s Bus Time data is an invaluable tool. Sure, you can always just check the schedule to see when a bus is supposed to arrive, but Bus Time tracks where the buses actually are, predicting when one will arrive at your stop down […]
It’s pretty apparent that our city’s current subway system could use a few improvements. Luckily, Andrew Lynch of Vanshookenraggen has created a new and improved subway system that incorporates what’s already there with minimal additions. Behold: …realistic ideas that could use existing infrastructure better and develop lines that served the growing areas of the city while better connecting the outer boroughs. […]
ANIMAL loves minimalist icons, but before their various uses on the internet, this iconography served purely utilitarian purposes. The MTA uses tons of minimalist icons to show daily commuters where not to go, what not to do with the doors and where the rats and pesticide are. Let’s take a minute and admire them purely for their […]
