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DC Metro Pulls Half Of Subway Fleet Over Safety Issue

Washington DC’s NBC News affiliate reports: Metro trains will only run about every 30 minutes Monday as the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority investigates an issue with axles on its newest rail cars, the transit authority said late Sunday. A defect – described as an out of compliance axle – found in a car that derailed on the Metro’s Blue …

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NYC’s MTA To Finally Start Fining Maskless Riders

The New York Daily News reports: The MTA is done playing nice on its mask mandate. Transit officials on Wednesday announced a crackdown on riders who skirt a state rule that requires them to wear a mask while on transit. The new enforcement push begins Thursday, officials said. It comes more than a year after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Sept. …

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NYC’s MTA: No Death Benefits For The Unvaccinated

The New York Times reports: New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to extend a $500,000 death benefit to its employees who die of Covid-related causes through the end of 2021, a senior authority official said Monday. But the benefit will remain unavailable to those who decline to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The authority, which runs New York City’s subways, …

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Most NYC Subway Lines Suspended Due To Flooding

The New York Times reports: The transit situation on Thursday in the New York City region remained paralyzed after record-breaking rains, with service on most of the city’s subway lines disrupted or delayed, commuter rail lines running few trains, and Amtrak canceling service on a major corridor. Janno Lieber, acting chairman of the M.T.A., said on Thursday on CNN that …

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New York City’s MTA Unveils Coming Subway Cars

Gothamist reports: The MTA has unveiled the first of the brand new subway cars that will begin replacing some of the system’s creakiest trains at the end of next year. At a rail yard in Sunset Park on Thursday, transit officials pulled back the curtain on a handful of long-awaited R211 cars. The new model — part of a $1.4 …

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Chinese Hackers Penetrated NYC’s Subway Computers

The New York Times reports: A hacking group believed to have links to the Chinese government penetrated the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s computer systems in April, exposing vulnerabilities in a vast transportation network that carries millions of people every day, according to an M.T.A. document that outlined the breach. The hackers did not gain access to systems that control train cars …

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NYC Expands Popular Rides-For-Vax Subway Program

Gothamist reports: Citing early success with COVID-19 vaccine pop-up sites at subway and train stations around the city, the state announced three new hubs would open on Tuesday. Four of the initial eight locations in the pilot program would also continue to deliver shots. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the extension after 5,701 people got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine during …

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NYC’s Subway Rides For Vax Offer Sees Long Lines

Gothamist reports: When New Yorkers think about getting medical care, the not-exactly-sterile subway system likely isn’t the first place that comes to mind. But the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s experiment with inoculating people against COVID-19 at subway, LIRR and Metro-North stations showed solid numbers on opening day. The pilot program vaccinated 1,112 people on Wednesday, according to MTA spokesperson Abbey Collins. …

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NYC To Offer 7-Day Subway Pass With Vaccinations

Gothamist reports: New York City straphangers will soon be able to receive a coronavirus vaccine while waiting for their subway or commuter train, as part of a new state-run pilot that will bring temporary inoculation sites to some of the city’s busiest transit hubs. Between May 12th and May 16th, a total of eight new pop-up sites will offer the …

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Mexico City Subway Overpass Collapse Kills At Least 23

NBC News reports: A Mexico City subway train overpass collapsed onto a road on Monday night, killing at least 23 people, including children, authorities said. Dozens more were injured. Photos and video from the scene showed mangled train cars hanging from the crumbled overpass and rescue personnel searching and transporting people away from the scene on stretchers. “A support beam …

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NYC Subway Will Return To 24/7 Service On May 17

The New York Times reports: New York City’s subway will return to 24-hour service on May 17 more than a year after closing overnight during the pandemic, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Monday. The restoration of subway hours are the latest sign of New York’s recovery as more people have gotten vaccinated and city life has slowly begun to pick …

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Schumer: NYC Should Return To 24-7 Subway Service

NY 1 reports: As the city begins to reopen, Senator Chuck Schumer is calling on the MTA to resume its 24-7 subway service immediately. “People work at 2, 3, and 4 in the morning, but subways aren’t working at this point, at 2, 3, 4 in the morning,” Schumer said at a Sunday briefing. “Restaurants and bar restrictions are being …

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Life Sentence For Failed 2017 Subway Bomber [VIDEO]

NBC New York reports: A Bangladeshi immigrant who set off a pipe bomb attached to his chest in New York City’s busiest subway station was sentenced Thursday in Manhattan federal court to life in prison plus 30 years. The judge said a life sentence is a just punishment for the “heinous crime.” Akayed Ullah was arrested in the December 2017 …

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Man With AK-47 Arrested In Times Square Subway

The New York Post reports: An Ohio man was busted with an AK-47 assault rifle and a gas mask inside a Times Square subway station Friday afternoon, law enforcement sources said. The 18-year-old, whose identity was not immediately released, was taken into custody without incident around 12:30 p.m. on the mezzanine level of the subway station off the A, C …

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NYC Subway Sees Record Rides Since Pandemic Began

Gothamist reports: As more people get vaccinated and parts of the economy reopen, subway riders continue to return to the subway system. For the first time since the pandemic started, more than 2 million people rode the subway on April 8th. The MTA said that 2,009,025 subway trips were recorded on Thursday. Bus ridership also hit a new high since …

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13 DC Metro Stations To Close For Inauguration Week

The Washington Post reports: Metro will shut down more than a dozen stations near the U.S. Capitol and Mall for days around the presidential inauguration because of the possibility of violent protests. Starting Friday, the transit agency will begin closing 13 stations through the following Thursday, the day after President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on the steps of the Capitol. …

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NYC May See 40% Cut In Weekday Subway Service

The New York Daily News reports: A 40% cut in weekday subway service and layoffs of more than 9,000 transit workers are on the table as MTA honchos battle a COVID-19 financial catastrophe, the Daily News has learned. “This would absolutely be an end to the New York way of life,” said Andrew Albert, the non-voting rider advocate on the …

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MTA Warns Of Massive Service Cuts Unless Feds Help

Gothamist reports: The MTA called an emergency board meeting on Wednesday to outline the most draconian cuts it would make if the federal government doesn’t deliver on its request for $12 billion before the end of the year. The agency says it needs the funds to balance the budget and get through 2021. In November, they will present next year’s …

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Cuomo Rides “Safe” Subway As NYC Begins Reopening

The New York Post reports: A masked Gov. Andrew Cuomo rode the subway to work in Manhattan on Monday as New York City entered Phase One of its reopening amid the coronavirus. The governor took the No. 7 train in Queens to his office in Midtown. “Today, I took a ride on the 7 train,” Cuomo said at a daily …

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New York City Subway May Try Reservations System

The New York Daily News reports: “Your subway pole reservation awaits.” That could be the new reality for straphangers as life in New York inches back to some kind of normal during the coronavirus pandemic. Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman Pat Foye said Thursday the agency is considering a form of “Ticketmaster technology” that would require riders to book a slot …

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