New Yorkers Keep Dying From ‘Subway Surfing.’ What’s Being Done About It?
More than a dozen New Yorkers, many young boys, have been killed or badly injured in recent years while attempting to climb and surf trains.
New York Post1mon
‘Subway surfing’ trend is killing NYC kids at a higher rate than ever — how the MTA can stop it
The MTA recently purchased a few new subway cars that don’t have the outdoor gaps exploited by subway surfers, but they represent just a sliver of the number currently in service, and won’t be ...
Crain's New York7d
Subway safety barriers cost MTA up to $100,000 per station
Transit officials say the MTA will bolt down the barricades at 100 stations to give riders some protection from a shove or a slip onto subway tracks by the end of 2025, following a January order ...
Crain's New York Business1d
MTA applies lessons from costly first phase of Second Avenue subway
MTA leadership says the agency is incorporating cost-saving lessons learned from the first go around in some key ways: It ...
Tired of subway delays? The MTA wants to fix that by strapping Google smartphones to New York trains
Google partnered with the MTA on a pilot program that involved using sounds recorded on smartphones attached to trains to detect track issues before they occur.
MTA to revive popular program that allows students with autism to record PSAs for NYC’s subway system
The MTA, in a reversal, said it would revive a popular program that allows students with autism to record public ...