After feds slam NYC subway safety, Adams says underground homeless outreach is working
Co-response” teams have interacted with 11,000 people on the trains, with 3,000 of those encounters resulting in connections ...
Leaning benches replace traditional benches at NYC subway station as part of MTA pilot program
The MTA has replaced traditional wooden benches with metal leaning benches at one popular Manhattan subway station.
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Subway safety barriers cost MTA up to $100,000 per station
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is spending up to $1,900 each for stainless-steel, waist-high gates it erects at subway stations ... costs to Crain’s New York Business following ...
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A ‘Sea Change’ in the Subway: Assaults Outnumber Robberies
While crime remains rare in the New York City subway, a surge in unpredictable attacks, not motivated by theft, signals a worrisome shift. By Stefanos Chen and Maria Cramer A top concern for ...
‘Still a lot of crime’: NYC subway riders remain uneasy about safety
Subway riders making their way home Tuesday night, were mixed about if they feel safe on the subway.   “I’d like to say that it is improved. I know at one time I wasn’t ...
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18 injured after New York City subway track fire, station fills with smoke
NEW YORK -- Eighteen people were injured after a track fire was reported on the No.1 subway track, filling a New York City station with smoke, MTA officials said. Thick gray smoke billowed out of ...
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Tired of subway delays? The MTA wants to fix that by strapping Google smartphones to New York trains
Rob Sarno has been with the New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation ... retrofitting Google’s Pixel smartphones to certain subway cars to collect sounds and other data and feed it into ...