Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY MTA)

New York, NY 10017

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About Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY MTA)

New York City Transit Subway and Bus Photos MTA New York City Transit is the largest public transportation agency in North America and one of the largest in the world.

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347 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
http://www.mta.info
212.878.7160

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MTA New York City Transit is the largest public transportation agency in North America and one of the largest in the world. The subway has a daily ridership of more than five million, and an annual ridership close to 1.6 billion. Our fleet of 6,380 subway cars travels almost 345 million miles a year along 660 miles of track, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, although not all routes operate around the clock. There are 468 subway stations, including 89 made accessible to customers with disabilities, via elevators and ramps. NYC Transit Subway serves Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens on 8,279 weekday trips. MTA Staten Island Railway (SIR) serves Staten Island.

The bus fleet, which has over 5,900 vehicles, is the largest in North American with an average weekday ridership of 2.69 million a day.

Products and Press Releases

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MTA Hudson Line.
April 11, 2025
The Metro-North Hudson Line Climate Resilience Blueprint will rebuild critical infrastructure, with attention focused on a 20-mile stretch between Riverdale and Croton-Harmon,...
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MTA has made the specific dates for this summer’s changes to the Queens bus route available online for the benefit of the community.
April 9, 2025
The changes to the bus routes can be found on MTA’s website and through its new route look-up tool, which will help prepare riders for incoming changes to their routine commutes...
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The MTA, the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the Delancey Street Associates have partnered together to make the Delancey St–Essex St Station complex accessible and ADA compliant and to develop mixed-income housing on the former site of the Essex Market.
April 8, 2025
The MTA, the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the Delancey Street Associates have partnered together to make the Delancey St–Essex St Station complex accessible...
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The MTA’s new subway design helps to simplify legibility and understanding of the transit system.
April 3, 2025
The MTA’s new subway design helps to simplify legibility and understanding of the transit system.
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MTA's Q70 airport connection
The project will create faster, more frequent and more reliable service on the Q70 LaGuardia Link bus line that connects the airport with the subway in Jackson Heights, N.Y., ...
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The MTA’s Construction & Development team report showed improved efficiencies and better management has helped the agency to save money and improve its operations.
March 27, 2025
The MTA’s Construction & Development team report showed improved efficiencies and better management has helped the agency to save money and improve its operations.
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MTA bus.
March 25, 2025
The automated camera enforcement system will help MTA to detect vehicles improperly using busways and bus lanes or blocking bus stops.
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Gov. Hochul joined business leaders, transit advocates and elected officials to highlight ongoing progress under New York’s congestion pricing program.
March 24, 2025
The governor reported that the congestion pricing program, which took effect Jan. 5 of this year, has improved traffic and business in the area.
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The MTA will not be selling or distributing its MetroCard after Dec. 31, 2025
March 21, 2025
Ending MetroCard sales will help the agency to make a full switch to a fully contactless tap-and-go payment system.
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MTA upgrades lighting at 250 subway stations.
The project is part of a NYC Transit initiative to convert more than 150,000 fluorescent light fixtures by mid-2026.

Articles & News

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MTA has broken ground on the new Yaphank LIRR station.
April 7, 2025
PATCO reopened the newly renovated Franklin Square Station while DART will begin work to modernize the Cityplace/Uptown Station and MTA broke ground on the new Yaphank LIRR station...
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Top row: Steven Parker, LaShanda Dawkins, Jonathan Hunt, Bernard Jackson. Bottom row: Lori A. Winfree, Rachel Cohen, Bill Amarosa Jr.,
March 21, 2025
Personnel updates from around the public transit industry.
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NYPD officer.
March 11, 2025
USDOT aims to improve the perception of public transit in Washington, D.C., as federal employees return to the office while the MTA has seen a decrease in crime on its subway...
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Madison Avenue looking north from 41st St. on July 6, 2022, shows traffic and congestion in the Central Business District.
Feb. 21, 2025
In a letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Feb. 19, USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy rescinded a Nov. 21, 2024, agreement signed under the Value Pricing Pilot Program, saying ‘New...
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A New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE NG zero-emission bus.
Feb. 18, 2025
DART is investing in CNG buses while NFI Group and Nova Bus are fulfilling contracts for zero-emission buses.
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MTA’s 2025-2029 Capital Plan will generate $106 billion in economic activity and more than 70,000 jobs statewide
Jan. 27, 2025
CHSRA’s high-speed rail project will bring nearly $22 billion in total economic activity while MTA’s 2025-2029 Capital Plan will generate $106 billion in economic activity.
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MTA makes two stations fully accessible
Dec. 30, 2024
The projects include installing elevators, creating an enlarged mezzanine and new concession stand, installing new lighting and tiles, repairing concrete, steel and paint defects...
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On Nov. 14, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed a wide-ranging substitute service plan to support transit riders in the Rockaways, as the A and S lines undergo critical resiliency and rehabilitation work this winter.
Nov. 18, 2024
MTA’s A and S lines will undergo critical resiliency and rehabilitation work this winter while PANYNJ is closing the PATH Hoboken station for 25 days in early 2025.
Cinnamon T. Paltoo, MPA, SHRM-CP
Aug. 20, 2024
Cinnamon T. Paltoo, MPA, SHRM-CP, General Superintendent of Support Services, MTA's Department of Buses.
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June 11, 2024
The program, which was set to take effect June 30, was paused on June 5 by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who decided “that implementing the planned congestion pricing system risked...

Videos & Resources

A New Express Bus Network for Staten Island
Aug. 20, 2018
MTA New York City Transit launched the newly redesigned Staten Island express bus network on Sunday, Aug. 19, with Transit President Andy Byford.
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Aug. 19, 2016
This week's video update includes videos from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), InnoTrans, Common Good and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority...
MTA PD Canine Training Facility
July 15, 2016
An MTA Police Department training center opened an innovative Canine Training Facility in Stormville, New York.
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May 13, 2016
This weeks transit update includes videos from Hyperloop One, BC Transit, the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink) and the Metropolitan Transit Authority...
Canarsie Tunnel Reconstruction
May 13, 2016
Of the nine under river subway tunnels damaged by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, the Canarsie Tunnel (L) was hit hardest.

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MTA Metro-North Railroad train.
March 13, 2025
Metro-North Railroad saw a 100 percent on-time performance day across all three train lines for the 21st time on March 9 while Long Island Rail Road has seen a 2025 year-to-date...
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New Regional Plan Association report assesses benefits of MTA’s 2025-2029 Capital Plan.
The report emphasizes the significant role the capital plan will play in ensuring the MTA is reliable for riders.
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The two new R211 subway open-gangway trains added on the G Line are a part of the agency’s efforts to improve reliability and the rider experience.
The two new R211 subway open-gangway trains added on the G Line are a part of the agency’s efforts to improve reliability and the rider experience.
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MTA A Line train.
Google Public Sector’s TrackInspect prototype integrates sensor hardware with advanced cloud and AI capabilities to detect potential track issues.
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OMNY logo.
Feb. 27, 2025
The transition follows the conclusion of a successful Fair Fares pilot on OMNY between the DSS and the MTA.
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42 St. at 6 Ave.
Feb. 26, 2025
The MTA says the revenue collected from the first three weeks of its Congestion Relief Zone program has put the agency on track to generate the $500 million it had initially projected...
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MTA bus.
Feb. 21, 2025
The second phase will follow suit on Aug. 31.
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The MTA's pilot will work to connect riders who are deaf or hard-of-hearing with a live interpreter to answer questions about service changes, payment, or anything regarding their journey.
Feb. 11, 2025
This pilot will work to connect riders who are deaf or hard-of-hearing with a live interpreter to answer questions about service changes, payment, or anything regarding their ...
Transit Tech Lab
The 13 companies who were selected by the Transit Tech Lab to participate in last year’s TTL challenges program will continue to work with the lab’s regional transportation agency partners in larger-scale pilots.
Feb. 11, 2025
The pilot programs will continue to utilize technologies from the same transit tech companies who were selected in the Transit Tech Lab’s 2024 pilot challenges.