Sentences with phrase «subway system»

Millions of people rely on trains and subway systems for their transportation every day.

These were among the winning entries as the MTA announced the results of a competition to come up with innovative ways to fix the city's crumbling subway system.

They mostly drive cars, so don't expect any help with a state - controlled subway system they know little about.

The MTA is working to increase the number of accessible stations to 144 by 2020 but that will make about 31 percent of the entire subway system accessible.

A barrier has been broken at the MTA: For the first time, a woman is in charge of the country's largest subway system.

The revenue generated could then be put toward other infrastructure repairs — e.g., the broken subway system.

Suddenly, we need WiFi in parks, and certainly in underground subway systems.

However, those who operate the nation's second - busiest subway system have the utmost responsibility to look out for the well - being of passengers.

They had mapped the genetic debris left by organisms big and small in the local subway system.

It's quite impressive while also giving a unique glimpse into how subway systems are built.

The problem is that anything will cost a lot more than $ 3 million to fix the 1930's - era subway system.

With that in mind, how do subway systems around the world deal with this natural threat?

You'll connect multiple stations using subway lines, but only a handful of passengers can occupy each station so you'll have to build the most effective subway system to avoid delays.

A high - tech subway system and a huge taxi fleet shoot you to your destination in minutes.

After navigating the complicated subway system, we realized we were lost and had gotten off the wrong station.

Last week, I wrote about bus rapid transit systems — essentially above - ground subway systems — as one method of achieving this.

This will become a very efficient form of transportation, even replacing subway systems.

At 10:20 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 2, 1990, 22 - year - old Utah resident Brian Watkins, accompanied by his parents, brother and sister - in - law, entered the New York City subway system in Midtown, intent...

New research digs up the underlying rules governing the shape of subway systems across the world

Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office in 2011, there's been a succession of severe storms, including hurricanes Irene and Lee that brought massive flooding to upstate and Superstorm Sandy in 2012 that flooded beach front communities on Long Island and submerged portions of the New York City subway system in corrosive salt water.

Cuomo is reviving the congestion pricing idea as a way to bolster mass transit in New York City and the ailing subway system as well as reduce traffic.

Still, Giambra has continued a campaign that features a plan for renovating the New York City subway system as well as legalizing marijuana.

The political fight over who should pay for a rescue plan for New York City's beleaguered subway system deepened, with state and city officials deadlocked over funding disputes that reach back more than half a decade.

We could fix our crumbling subway system by providing the MTA the money we were promised for repairs, and stop asking New York City or its riders to clean up Governor Cuomo's mess.

On Thursday afternoon, Cuomo and NYC Mayor bill de Blasio took separate trips on the NYC subway system after the Iraqi prime minister warned of Islamic State plots to attack it.

In case you're interested, cities with subway systems that were the most accessible were Tokyo with 186 out of 211 and Barcelona with 129 of 156 fully accessible stations.

New York City commuters are dealing with transit issues on multiple fronts this summer, including delays and derailments on the MTA - run subway system and track upgrades at Penn Station causing further problems for Long Island - bound travelers.

At 9 a.m., Commuters and transit advocates, members of New York Communities for Change, Working Families Party, VOCAL - NY and all those affected by the failing subway system in NYC will hold a demonstration for more MTA funding.

Gibson, who was known for his bipartisanship in Congress, sounded a bit like a gubernatorial candidate himself, criticizing Cuomo on the lagging upstate economy and troubled subway system in New York City.

NREI: The New York subway system uses your technology.

Last month, Mayor Bill de Blasio scored what seemed to be a win in his ongoing feud with Governor Andrew Cuomo over the deteriorating subway system: The city was able to temporarily block more than $ 200 million in upgrades, as part of the MTA's Enhanced Station Initiative, that would bring improvements to subway stops — but not the system's aging signals or other issues the city deemed more pressing.

The image of monks as peaceful these days is because no militant Buddhist sects are conducting violent acts in their traditional garb however 4000 people were injured in a poison gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by a Buddhist group.

Transit activists will rally outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Manhattan office calling for fixes to the MTA subway system on Wednesday, June 28, 2017.

Boston, Massachusetts is a city of firsts: it is here that the first subway system in North America was constructed and it is here that the country's first outdoor wayfinding sign on electronic paper has now been installed.

A Toronto subway system app has already been produced by Winvolve.

The artists at Fake is the New Real have mapped many of the world's subway systems at the same scale, one kilometer = seven pixels, devoid of any other information, and they tell an important story.

And the agreement adds a $ 2.75 surcharge on ride hail services in Manhattan, aimed at bolstering mass transit and the trouble subway system while also setting in motion a push to reduce congestion.

«The fact of the matter is the Mayor abrogated his responsibilities to the riders of the New York City subway system last summer by pointing fingers, this way, that way, playing politics,» said TWU President John Samuelson.

The S42 team says that lately it's working on details for ships that are so big they basically have their own completely functional massive subway systems to help you get around them, something I can honestly say I've never seen in an MMO before, so that'll be fun to see in the bigger game.

Mayor Bill de Blasio ventured into the city's decrepit subway system Sunday — but didn't have to face the foul - smelling and often crazy vagrants whom ordinary New Yorkers are forced to contend with every day.

NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is poised to adopt a $ 16.1 billion budget for 2018 that continues an infusion of resources into the city's delay - plagued subway system.

One of the five categories — along with «Meet Cynthia» and «Donate» — is a hashtag: #CuomosMTA, a term used often by critics of the governor for New York's faltering subway system run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Cuomo did not respond to the portion of my question asking whether he views the NYPD's performance in addressing subway system sexual assaults as inadequate.

New York City's subway system does not have a clearly defined ring - shaped core; Barthelemy thinks the reason may be that the core's shape is constrained by the proximity of the East and Hudson rivers which surround the city center — the long, but narrow island of Manhattan.

If the City builds alternative methods of transit (like pedestrian plazas, bike sharing, Select Bus Service, and an upgraded subway system), as it has been doing under the Bloomberg administration, then more people will avail themselves of those alternatives.

This comes on the heels of a big New York Times report about the aging subway system.

Evidence to bury Drax exists, he claims, but to find it, Lucas must breach the city's welded - shut subway system.