Tag: MTA NYCT

MTA is replacing decades-old signaling technology with a new type called Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) on the A, C and E lines. Photo: MTA

A, C and E subway lines to get historic signal upgrade

January 16 | Mary Frost

Travel to and from Brooklyn could be faster in the foreseeable future...

This platform at the Jay St/MetroTech subway station in Downtown Brooklyn has colorful way-finding stripes, bumpy tactile guideways and boarding area floor markers as part of a test of aids for disabled riders. Photo: Meaghan McGoldrick/Brooklyn Eagle

Is that subway art? No, it’s the MTA’s new accessibility experiment.

January 9 | Mary Frost

And they want your input...

From left: NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, Councilmember Ydanis Rodríguez, Brooklyn BP Eric Adams and Assemblymember Felix Ortiz at Thursday’s rally protesting planned cuts to bus service. The rally was sponsored by Riders Alliance. Eagle photo by Mary Frost

Planned bus cuts will throw ridership into ‘death spiral’: riders and officials

September 19 | Mary Frost

MTA’s service cuts to bus routes in Brooklyn will bring ridership...

An R train pulls into the 59th Street station. Eagle file photo.

Faster trains at 50 stations, says MTA

March 11 | Paula Katinas

The borough’s subway system is getting faster, according to MTA...

Riders Alliance enlists pols in congestion pricing push

March 6 | Paula Katinas

Leaders of the Riders Alliance have been riding the subways a lot...