Sentences with phrase «city transit agencies»
But it also presents grim funding questions for the MTA and other big - city transit agencies, according to the analysis, a joint study from transportation advocacy groups Riders Alliance and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.
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Both companies have been criticized, however, for not opening up their data to cities and not providing transit agencies with information that would help officials gauge the services» impact on transportation.
ALBANY, N.Y. >> Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitched a new big - projects agency as a way to help smooth the way for massive state construction like the planned $ 29 billion mass transit overhaul in New York City, but critics worry about a power grab by the famously hands - on leader.
He must resign from the MTA because city law prohibits him from running for mayor while holding the position of chairman at the transit agency.
When Mr. Miller showed me the reply to his letter to Ms. Quinn, dated December 6, 22012, it yet again contradicts her initial letter to me from six years ago, suggesting that her office can not help me, despite an incomplete investigation by DOI investigators, intimating that the Transit Authority is a state governed agency (I maintained a CITY pension with New York City Employees» Retirement System, and the agency that I worked for is the MTA New York City Transit).
With advocates clamoring for more MTA funding, the mayor said it was up to Albany — not the city — to help plug the transit agency's budget gap.
The Department of City Planning, seeking to find «a balance,» recommended May 22 that the city issue a 15 - year permit, one that would allow Madison Square Garden to obtain a permit «in perpetuity» if it reaches agreements with the three rail agencies that use Penn Station — Amtrak, New Jersey Transit and the MTA — to improve accessibility at the transit hub, which serves more than 600,000 passengers a City Planning, seeking to find «a balance,» recommended May 22 that the city issue a 15 - year permit, one that would allow Madison Square Garden to obtain a permit «in perpetuity» if it reaches agreements with the three rail agencies that use Penn Station — Amtrak, New Jersey Transit and the MTA — to improve accessibility at the transit hub, which serves more than 600,000 passengers a city issue a 15 - year permit, one that would allow Madison Square Garden to obtain a permit «in perpetuity» if it reaches agreements with the three rail agencies that use Penn Station — Amtrak, New Jersey Transit and the MTA — to improve accessibility at the transit hub, which serves more than 600,000 passengersTransit and the MTA — to improve accessibility at the transit hub, which serves more than 600,000 passengerstransit hub, which serves more than 600,000 passengers a day.
New York City Transit's new president wants to modernize the agency.
Cuomo pitched a new big - projects agency as a way to help smooth the way for massive state construction like the planned $ 29 billion mass transit overhaul in New York City, but critics worry about a power grab by the famously hands - on leader.
Despite Governor Cuomo declaring a state of emergency for the ailing system and acknowledging control over the transit agency, he continues to turn toward the city for funding to carry out repairs.
The MTA has appointed James Ferrara, who heads up the agency's bridges and tunnels division, to serve as acting president of New York City Transit when Carmen Bianco retires later this month.
After a series of explosions rocked the airport and a metro station in Brussels this morning, killing at least 30 and wounding scores of others, city and transit agencies across the U.S. beefed up patrols, taking similar measures to those in the wake of the Paris terror attacks last fall.
Upstate lawmakers worry Cuomo's plan will give preference to New York City and say funds should be spread fairly to ensure upstate bridges, highways and transit agencies aren't left out.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The city's subways are a mess, and changes may soon come to the MTA, as the transit agency unveiled several proposals Thursday to address what Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called «the summer of hell.»
In addition, the agency has been caught in the middle of a public feud between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo over how New York City Transit should be funded and improved.
Yesterday, in the cathedral to mass transit known as Grand Central Terminal, four members of New York's congressional delegation joined labor leaders and M.T.A. chairman Joe Lhota to rail against a House transportation bill that would theoretically deprive the transit agency that runs city subways and buses of more than $ 1 billion a year in federal funding.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that he has declared a state of emergency over New York City's troubled public transit system and has asked its new leader to complete a series of urgent reviews of the agency's management and aging infrastructure.
Of the $ 32 billion request, about $ 15 billion would go to New York City, $ 528 million to Westchester County, $ 144 million to Rockland County and another $ 7.2 billion for state agencies and transit authorities, officials said.
The rival pols have been locked in a feud over who should pay for the transit agency's capital plan to fund expansion and maintenance projects, with Cuomo demanding de Blasio increase the city's contribution to $ 3.2 billion.
The R2ZE Challenge calls for a voluntary long - term commitment to expand green - energy transit fleets with a 2025 finish line and is open to all China and U.S. cities and transit agencies.
On June 3, 2016, during the 8th U.S. - China Transportation Forum in Los Angeles, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and China's Ministry of Transport (MOT) jointly announced the R2ZE Challenge and called to action cities / transit agencies to take measurable steps to reduce transit fleet bus greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions through increased deployment and operation of ZEBs.
The requirements of Executive Order 13150 regarding transit passes pertain only to Federal agencies within the National Capitol Region («the District of Columbia; Montgomery, Prince George's, and Frederick Counties in Maryland; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, and Prince William Counties in Virginia; and all cities now or hereafter existing in Maryland or Virginia within the geographic area bounded by the outer boundaries of the combined area of said counties.»).
The U.S. - China Race to Zero (R2ZE) challenge is a collaborative and friendly competition that encourages cities and transit agencies to incorporate new generations of technologically advanced, non-polluting Zero Emission Buses (ZEBs) onto streets in the United States and China.
Swiftly works with transit agencies and cities worldwide to leverage the power of big data to improve transit.
9:30 — 11:00 AM Public Art Dialogue Agency / Agencies for Public Art Chairs: Eli Robb, Lake Forest College; and Mary Tinti, New England Foundation for the Arts Wendy Feuer, New York City Department of Transportation Anne Pasternak, Creative Time Sarah Reisman, Percent for Art, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs 11:15 — 11:45 AM Artist Presentations Su Stockwell, independent artist, London; and Robert Ransick, Bennington College NOON — 2:00 PM Public Art World vs. the Art World Chairs: Sharon Louden, Louden Studio; and Norie Sato, Sato Service Richard Griggs, Public Art Fund Jack Becker, Forecast Public Art and Public Art Review Jennifer McGregor, Wave Hill Lester Burg, MTA Arts for Transit Brian Tolle, independent artist, New York 2:15 — 2:45 PM Artist Presentations Ethan Greenbaum, independent artist, Brooklyn; and Timothy Nolan, independent artist, Los Angeles 3:00 — 5:00 PM Is Public Space Museum Space?
As an accomplished artist practicing in the public realm, she also realizes large - scale, permanent installations commissioned by major public agencies on the federal level as well as city and arts for transit programs.
The increase in support may reflect the public outreach efforts of advocates and agency officials to list the specific transit improvements that would be funded by congestion pricing (in addition to Tri-State and RPA's borough and regional fact sheets, the Campaign for New York's Future now has fact sheets for individual City Council and State Legislative districts).
About the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) NACTO is an association of 60 major North American cities and ten transit agencies formed to exchange transportation ideas, insights, and practices and cooperatively approach national transportation issues.
Bus accident claims can be complex, regardless of whether they involve school buses, commercial buses or transit buses run by cities or governmental agencies.
She advises cities, counties, school districts, higher education authorities, state agencies, port authorities, transit authorities and water utility districts.
The company is creating what they call a smart transit suite, and billing it as «the world's most comprehensive tool set to help cities and transit agencies shape the future of urban mobility.»
«We believe our cities need more efficient, affordable transportation options to make car ownership a thing of the past and look forward to continuing to work collaboratively with transit agencies to achieve this goal,» Lyft said in a statement.
In this last year we have been chosen to run transportation platforms moving over a million people a year by customers including the City of Seattle, VTA - the transit agency in Silicon Valley, and some of the top companies in the world.
Quest Corporation of America (City, ST) 03/2010 — 01/2011 Business Development, Operations, Facilities & Information Technologies Manager • Prepare proposals, letters of interest, and responses to customer service and sales issues as needed • Manage FDOT, state, county, municipal, and outside procurement advertisements for marketing and public relations opportunities paying special attention to targeted municipal and county transit and Metropolitan Planning Agencies • Responsible for maintaining current and complete QCA certifications and accounts vital to ongoing operations • Train junior team members in IT, customer service, development, and operations best practices
Developers are scouring the city in search of under - utilized sites as never before, and are often joining forces with public agencies — including redevelopment officials and the local transit authority — to help them assemble multi-acre parcels.