MTA’s LED lighting upgrade to enhance safety across NYC subway system
MTA launches a ground-breaking initiative to convert all subway fluorescent lights to LED, promising a brighter, safer transit experience for New Yorkers by mid-2026.
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MTA launches a ground-breaking initiative to convert all subway fluorescent lights to LED, promising a brighter, safer transit experience for New Yorkers by mid-2026.
As part of its most ambitious accessibility programme to date, MTA will be awarding contracts for 17 accessible stations in 2023, with $5.2 billion available for 67 stations across New York City.
Following the launch of new safety initiatives in October 2022, new data has shown that significant progress has been made on subway and transit public safety across New York.
By pausing the previously agreed increase in subway fares, the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport aims to maintain rising patronage levels, while supporting passengers who are already facing a cost-of-living crisis.
Well on track with its post-pandemic recovery, the New York City subway has reached over three million riders on a single day for first time since 12 March 2020.
With the new station agent role to be phased out across the subway system in early 2023, agents will no longer be limited to assisting customers from booths and will instead meet and support riders throughout the stations.
In order to keep New York City Subway safe and address transit crime, MTA and NYPD will work together to increase officer presence by an additional 1,200 overtime officer shifts each day on the subway.
The expansion of the financing programme will make it more affordable for communities across the U.S. to bring their transit and transit-orientated development projects to reality, improving connectivity and access to job opportunities.
In line with its commitment to enhance the safety of the public transit network, the new funding will enable MTA to purchase and install over 5,000 new cameras, as well as expand security coverage in 130 subway stations.
With the subway, buses, Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road surpassing their own records set throughout September 2022, New York City is well on track with its post-pandemic recovery.
The expansion of mobile coverage will improve the existing MTA communication system, allowing customers to benefit from mobile connectivity and Wi-Fi in the tunnels between stations, as well as in above-ground stations.
The modernisation of New York City subway’s aging signalling system will enable MTA to enhance the customer experience by reducing running times, providing more trains and improving service reliability.
By expanding the current law that charges individuals who attack or harass transit workers with second-degree assault, the new legislation will serve as a deterrent to those seeking to harm transit employees.
As part of the agreement, MTA will add lifts or ramps to create a step-free path of travel at 95 per cent of its currently inaccessible subway stations by 2055.
With the subway, Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road surpassing pandemic-era records set over the past several weeks in May 2022, New York City is well on track with its post-pandemic recovery.