Tag: MTA
Control Group, a design company hired by the MTA, is trying to bring the future to the New York City subway system by unveiling their touch-screen subway maps. It’s like Google Maps on steroids. Touch where you want to go, and the screen will give you ways to get there, factoring in weather, seasons, delays […]
Do you use the bus system? Do you feel like a total dumbass at your stop waiting for a bus that seems like it’ll never show up, even though it’s only a couple minutes before the scheduled arrival time which is entirely dependent on the consistency of bus drivers? Then you start worrying, “Maybe it crashed,” and […]
With the four-year-old South Ferry station getting ruined by Hurricane Sandy, the MTA’s making the situation a little better by opening up the old South Ferry station in the first week of April. Well, at least it’s better than nothing. The newer station will essentially have to be rebuilt due to all the water damage. […]
According to a 2012 survey by the Straphangers Campaign, subway stations’ conditions are pretty much the same or improving since the year before. The survey sampled 251 platforms at 120 stations. The only factors that got worse were water damage and graffiti, which was found at 27% of examined stations (up 7% from last year). […]
The MTA will consider adding express service on the F train once a $257.5 renovation project is completed in a few weeks, the transit authority announced Tuesday. The train would run express towards Manhattan in the mornings and towards Brooklyn in the evenings, much like the 7 in Queens, providing South Brooklynites from Coney Island to […]
The MTA has an inventive new solution for our subway’s ever-growing rat infestation. New York, it’s time for rat “birth control.” Or forced sterility, if you want to be blunt about it. The sterilization product ContraPest was developed by SenesTech Inc., and functions by inducing early menopause in female rats (who typically start birthing litters […]
The MTA announced it will perform a full line review on the oft-maligned G train–a process that will have officials deeply inspecting the train, and which led to improved service for the F in 2009 and the L in 2011. The review comes after a long effort by straphangers’ advocates, including Democratic state Sen. Daniel […]
Subway and bus riders can load both unlimited passes and single ride fares onto the same MetroCard, according to the MTA. The change is designed to help straphangers avoid the $1 charge that will come with all new MetroCard purchases starting March 1st. The new cards will automatically draw from unlimited rides first, then begin […]
A new analysis of MTA data by NYU grad student Carson Qing shows that the L train is every bit as busy at 1am every night of the week as it is during the traditional weekday rush hours. Qing believes the data shows that the MTA should increase service on the Canarsie-bound train, which has […]
While Staten Island artist Scott LoBaido is getting press attention for designing a system that will allegedly prevent further subway deaths, we’ve got two reasons for you to hate it. Reason #1: It’s stupid. LoBaido’s “simple, common-sense concept” is for a long “safety rail ladder” to be installed beneath each subway platform in NYC. So, if […]
