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views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board has voted to approve the lowest fare increase since 2009, when the MTA committed to a biennial schedule for regular increases. The plan increased fares over the next two years by 4 percent – or less than 2 percent annually and less than the rate of inflation. The MTA was able to hold the necessary increases below inflation as a result of the agency’s continued discipline in keeping costs down. The new fares, which take effect March 19, will allow the MTA to continue to provide safe and reliable service.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 15:26</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/25/mta-board-approves-lowest-fare-increases-2009">MTA Board Approves Lowest Fare Increases Since 2009</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board has voted to approve the lowest fare increase since 2009, when the MTA committed to a biennial schedule for regular increases. The plan increased fares over the next two years by 4 percent – or less than 2 percent annually and less than the rate of inflation. The MTA was able to hold the necessary increases below inflation as a result of the agency’s continued discipline in keeping costs down. The new fares, which take effect March 19, will allow the MTA to continue to provide safe and reliable service.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 15:22</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/25/mta-board-approves-lowest-toll-increase-2009">MTA Board Approves Lowest Toll Increase Since 2009</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board has voted to approve the lowest toll increase since 2009, when the MTA committed to a biennial schedule for regular increases. The plan increased tolls over the next two years by 4 percent – or less than 2 percent annually and less than the rate of inflation. The MTA was able to hold the necessary increases below inflation as a result of the agency’s continued discipline in keeping costs down. The new tolls take effect March 19.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 15:18</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/25/mta-board-keeps-base-fare-flat-approves-lowest-fare-toll-increases-2009-0">MTA Board Keeps Base Fare Flat; Approves Lowest Fare, Toll Increases Since 2009</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board has voted to keep the base fare flat for another two years in approving the lowest fare and toll increase since 2009, when the MTA committed to a biennial schedule for regular increases.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 15:14</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/25/mta-board-keeps-base-fare-flat-approves-lowest-fare-toll-increases-2009">MTA Board Keeps Base Fare Flat; Approves Lowest Fare, Toll Increases Since 2009</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board has voted to keep the base fare flat for another two years in approving the lowest fare and toll increase since 2009, when the MTA committed to a biennial schedule for regular increases.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Monday, January 23, 2017 - 17:01</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/23/mta-expands-sleep-apnea-program-systemwide-becomes-first-public-transportation">MTA Expands Sleep Apnea Program Systemwide; Becomes First Public Transportation Agency to Offer Specialized Screening, Treatment for the Disorder</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">The MTA is expanding sleep apnea screening and treatment that began in 2015 with Metro-North Railroad train engineers to Metro-North's conductors, Long Island Rail Road train engineers and conductors, New York City Transit subway train operators and conductors, and bus operators for New York City Transit and the MTA Bus Company, becoming the first public transportation agency to systematically screen employees for obstructive sleep apnea and offer priority, specialized treatment to employees. The program will expand to nearly 20,000 employees.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Monday, January 23, 2017 - 15:51</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/23/metro-north-railroad-breaks-ridership-record">Metro-North Railroad Breaks Ridership Record</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">Metro-North Railroad is seeing record ridership numbers with approximately 86.5 million customers in 2016, the highest ridership in the railroad's history, surpassing the previous record of 86.3 million, set last year. Metro-North’s total ridership has more than doubled since the railroad was founded in 1983.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Monday, January 23, 2017 - 15:48</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/23/lirr-breaks-modern-ridership-record">LIRR Breaks Modern Ridership Record</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">The Long Island Rail Road is seeing record ridership numbers, carrying 89.3 million customers in 2016, a 1.9% increase over last year and the highest ridership since 1949. The LIRR’s growth continues recent trends in which the LIRR has registered a 1.97% average growth per year over the past 5 years. The railroad’s ridership has grown 10.2% over five years, from 81.0 million in 2011.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Monday, January 23, 2017 - 15:38</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/23/lirr-and-metro-north-railroad-break-ridership-records">LIRR and Metro-North Railroad Break Ridership Records</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced that Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroads are seeing record ridership numbers, with LIRR carrying 89.3 million customers in 2016, a 1.9% increase over last year and the highest ridership since 1949. Metro-North Railroad carried approximately 86.5 million in 2016, the highest ridership in Metro-North’s history.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Monday, January 23, 2017 - 11:02</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/23/take-long-island-rail-road-2017-new-york-boat-show-javits-center">Take the Long Island Rail Road to the 2017 New York Boat Show at Javits Center</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">The Long Island Rail Road is your best land-based way to visit the 2017 Progressive Insurance® New York Boat Show®, opening at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan on Wednesday, January 25, for a four day run.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Friday, January 20, 2017 - 16:29</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/20/mta%E2%80%99s-weekender-way-around-weekend-work-january-21-22">The MTA’s Weekender: The Way Around Weekend Work for January 21-22</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">The MTA’s Weekender: The Way Around Weekend Work for January 21-22</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Friday, January 20, 2017 - 16:23</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news-nyc-transit-staten-island-railway-arthur-kill/2017/01/20/staten-island-railway-celebrates-1st">Staten Island Railway Celebrates 1st New Station in 20 Years</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">MTA opens its first new station for Staten Island Railway on Saturday, January 21. </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Friday, January 20, 2017 - 16:06</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news-nyct-subway-canarsie-tunnel/2017/01/20/mta-nycdot-seeks-feedback-l-line-service-alternatives">MTA, NYCDOT Seeks Feedback on L Line Service Alternatives</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) will host a series of jointly held interactive public workshops next month to engage communities in Manhattan and Brooklyn that will be affected by the previously announced repairs to the Canarsie Tunnel on the L line. </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Thursday, January 19, 2017 - 11:57</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news-nyct-subway-operation-track-sweep/2017/01/19/subways-putting-new-portable-vacuum-prototypes">Subways Putting New Portable Vacuum Prototypes to Test</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">The MTA is testing two prototypes of powerful – but portable -- track vacuum systems that can be quickly deployed, operated from platforms, and moved easily from one station to the next. The new units are part of the MTA’s ongoing Track Sweep initiative, which is a multi-pronged plan to dramatically reduce the amount of trash on subway tracks, in the process improving the station environment, and reducing track fires and train delays. The prototype units are both powered by Lithium iron phosphate batteries with a battery management system that protects the batteries and load from over current, and both can be moved from station to station on a conventional revenue train.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Monday, January 16, 2017 - 13:44</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/16/six-public-hearings-lirr-third-track-expansion-project">Six Public Hearings for LIRR Third Track Expansion Project</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">There will be six public hearings this week on the LIRR Expansion Project, a new proposal to improve service options and reliability for hundreds of thousands of customers, reduce automobile traffic congestion, and improve safety and quality of life for people in the project corridor. Experts will be on hand to outline the benefits of the project and the public is invited to give their feedback.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Friday, January 13, 2017 - 17:04</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/13/mta%E2%80%99s-weekender-way-around-weekend-work-january-14-16">The MTA’s Weekender: The Way Around Weekend Work for January 14-16</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">The MTA’s Weekender: The Way Around Weekend Work for January 14-16</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 11:39</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/12/lirr-announces-service-details-martin-luther-king-jr%E2%80%99s-birthday">LIRR Announces Service Details for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">In observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, the Long Island Rail Road will operate on a modified Holiday Schedule on Monday, January 16, 2017, with a total of 32 extra trains provided on the Babylon, Montauk, Port Jefferson, Port Washington and Ronkonkoma Branches. Off-peak fares will apply all day.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 11:37</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/12/metro-north-announces-service-details-martin-luther-king-jr%E2%80%99s-birthday">Metro-North Announces Service Details for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">In observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Metro-North Railroad will operate on an enhanced Saturday schedule on Monday, January 16, 2017, that includes 35 additional trains. The enhanced Saturday service includes 14 extra trains on the Harlem Line, including one additional Wassaic connection, 3 Hudson Line extras, and 15 extra New Haven Line trains offering branch connections. For West of Hudson customers, there will be 3 additional trains on the Port Jervis Line. Off-peak fares apply all day.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 11:33</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/12/new-york-city-transit-announces-service-details-martin-luther-king-jr%E2%80%99s-birthday">New York City Transit Announces Service Details for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">MTA New York City Transit has announced that train and bus services will operate on special schedules in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday on Monday, January 16.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <div class="field-content archive-post-date">Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 11:30</div> </div> <div> <div class="new-rot-title-more"><a href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/news/2017/01/12/mta-announces-service-details-martin-luther-king-jr%E2%80%99s-birthday">MTA Announces Service Details for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday</a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-article-summary"> <div class="field-content">MTA train and bus services will operate on special schedules in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday on Monday, January 16.</div> </div> </div> </div> <h2 class="element-invisible">Pages</h2><div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="pager-current first">1</li> <li class="pager-item"><a title="Go to page 2" href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/mta-news?page=1">2</a></li> <li class="pager-item"><a title="Go to page 3" href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/mta-news?page=2">3</a></li> <li class="pager-item"><a title="Go to page 4" href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/mta-news?page=3">4</a></li> <li class="pager-ellipsis">…</li> <li class="pager-next"><a title="Go to next page" href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/mta-news?page=1">next ›</a></li> <li class="pager-last last"><a title="Go to last page" href="/web/20170126065349/http://www.mta.info/mta-news?page=111">last »</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="node-3696" class="node node-page-with-ad clearfix" about="/mta-news" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <span property="dc:title" content="MTA News" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div> <div id="sidebar_second_ad" class="column sidebar"><div class="section roundCorners"> <div class="region region-sidebar-second"> <div id="block-google-adsense-google-adsense" class="block block-google-adsense"> <div class="content"> <div id="Google-skyscraper-ad"> <script type="text/javascript">  </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170126065349js_/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div>  </div> <div id="foot-div"> </div> </div> </body> </html>