Subway Chief Slams Suspect's 'Stupid, Dangerous' Stunts Shutting Down Trains Around NYC
"This is stupid, it's dangerous, it's selfish, and it's got to stop," New York City Transit Authority president Andy Byford said during an MTA board meeting.
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"This is stupid, it's dangerous, it's selfish, and it's got to stop," New York City Transit Authority president Andy Byford said during an MTA board meeting.
MTA board members are expected to vote Wednesday on whether or not to launch an independent investigation into alleged overtime abuses.
Several nonprofits organizations and individuals are behind a class action lawsuit calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to add elevators to all stations.
Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on the Commerce Department to look into a Chinese state-owned company selling subway operations systems and if they pose a cyber-security risk.
Transit officials say subways were on-time in April nearly 80 percent of the time, the best it's been in more than five years.
Sources say the inquiry is also looking into outdated time keeping that includes handwritten bookkeeping practices from the 19th century.
There were scathing words from Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday, as he continued to lash out at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its workers regarding overtime.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is issuing 250,000 limited edition MetroCards.
There have been several assault incidents in recent months, and workers want something to be done.
According to the MTA, overtime costs were up $122 million last year.
A fed up MTA board member is making a stunning demand, urging an independent prosecutor be hired to root out overtime and pension abuse and send the violators to jail.
Every step can be a challenge for many older residents living in a naturally-occurring retirement community on the Lower East Side. Nevertheless many were marching to save their neighborhood bus stops.
After public outcry, the MTA's chairman and CEO says this practice will be investigated further, calling reports of excessive overtime payments concerning.
Commuter are complaining after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority decided to make express buses cashless. People are now only allowed on board with a MetroCard.
For the next 15 months, commuters traveling between Brooklyn and Manhattan will need to plan ahead to avoid the major headaches coming with the MTA's long-term tunnel repairs.
The suspect is accused of punching a female subway conductor and dousing her with urine earlier this month in the Bronx. About an hour later, he allegedly threw urine on a female bus driver in the area.
The L will run less frequently on nights and weekends to allow for repairs to an East River tunnel damaged during Superstorm Sandy.
The study found MTA workers are putting in so many extra hours on the clock that the agency spent $418 million on overtime last year.
L train service will be reduced on nights and weekends starting Friday night.
The stabbing of an Metropolitan Transportation Authority conductor in the Bronx has some workers saying they need more protection.
Seven-day unlimited MetroCards have gone up in price $1 to $33. Monthly cards have gone up $6 to $127.
Brooklyn resident and regular L train rider Amanda Guest had her questions answered face-to-face by an MTA employee this weekend.
The NYPD says the man, seen in recently released surveillance videos, punched and then doused an MTA subway conductor with urine last Friday.
Straphangers are going to be a little more strapped for cash after this weekend.
Another MTA fare hike will take effect this weekend. The board approved the increase on February 27.
