Tag: MTA

Roadbuilding
Maryland transit teams up with Zipcar for car-sharing
Maryland light-rail riders can now reserve Zipcars at eight stations. The Maryland Transit Administration has entered an agreement with the car-share program to provide 15 Zipcars at eight Light RailLink, Metro SubwayLink and MARC Train stations. MTA says the Zipcars will help reduce reliance on personal vehicles, ease traffic congestion and reduce pollution. “Car sharing […]
January 25, 2018
MTA Zipcar
Roadbuilding
NYC subway to phase out MetroCards for mobile pay system
New York subway riders will be able to board the system without having to swipe a MetroCard as soon as 2019, under a new plan approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board. The MTA board has approved a contract to phase in a new fare system for bus and rail transit. The MetroCard, in use […]
October 26, 2017
Subway
Roadbuilding
Two workers injured in fall on NYC’s Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Two construction workers were injured on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge during rush hour October 20 when they fell 15 feet. Pix 11 reports a spokesman from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said the two men were carrying a wooden board on the upper roadway around 7:35 a.m. when a car hit the board and threw the men from the upper […]
October 26, 2016
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Construction Equipment
Construction photos of NYC’s Second Avenue Subway are otherworldly
“When you look at my pictures, you do get a sense that you’re in the center of the Earth. Sometimes it’s like another planet.” That’s what Patrick Cashin, a staff photographer for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York, told Flickr when the photo sharing website recently interviewed him for a blog post on the astounding photographs […]
June 17, 2013
Credit: Patrick Cashin/MTA
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