Cuomo Declares a State of Emergency for NYC Subways: Update 7/26 - MTA submits 2 phase $9bil plan
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one of the biggest problems I see with Musk taking over twitter is the effects on governments to be able to communicate clearly and disinformation
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NYPD: Suspect arrested in connection to shots fired at MTA employees
Police say white was at the B82 bus stop at the intersection of Louisiana and Flatlands Avenues on Tuesday morning when the incident took place.
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MTA moves to seize nine East Harlem sites for subway extension
The agency is invoking eminent domain to extend the Second Avenue Q line
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didn't realize this saga was still going on
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Subway ridership reaches new high on 4/20
The MTA recorded more than 4 million rides in one day earlier this week.
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MTA to test cameras on buses as side mirrors keep smacking objects on streets
Officials say about a quarter of the bus collisions reported last year involved side mirrors.
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pretty disturbing
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Commuters wait on the platform of a subway station in New York.
Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg
By
Skylar Woodhouse and
Michelle Kaske
April 27, 2023 at 6:04 PM EDT
New York City’s mass-transit system is ending its real-time service alerts on Twitter for subway, train and bus riders as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority curbs its relationship with the platform owned by Elon Musk.
Twitter had asked the MTA to pay $50,000 a month to continue accessing the platform’s application programming interface, or API, an infrastructure tool that allows for multiple computer programs to work together, according to an MTA official. Twitter didn’t specifically respond to an emailed request for comment.
“I don’t think it would be the best use of resources, especially when we have these other features and functions that are internal and homegrown and that are reliable that we want our customers to use,” Shanifah Rieara, MTA’s acting chief customer officer and senior advisor, said in a telephone interview. “We want to communicate with our customers through all platforms, but we need a platform that is reliant and consistent and up to date.”
MTA’s Twitter accounts that offered real time service updates to riders, including @NYCTSubway, @NYCTBus, @LIRR and @MetroNorth, will no longer be used to push out communication like service alerts to riders, according to the transit system. Transit system employees will still monitor those handles and respond to social media messages. There’s no planned change to @MTA account.
Read more: NYC Subway Alerts at Risk Under Twitter Plan to Make MTA Pay
Twitter had announced that it would suspend its access to its API on Feb. 9 but then said a new paid tier structure to use it would go into effect at the end of March, according to the MTA. Twitter didn’t offer a time line for when older accounts would lose access, the agency said.
The MTA has a $600 million budget deficit this year that’s set to grow to $3 billion in 2025 as federal pandemic aid runs out. The state agency is hoping that a plan by New York Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislators will help curb the system’s financial challenges.
Riders on subways, buses and commuter rails can still get real-time service information on MTA’s phone apps, MYmta and TrainTime, its website and on WhatsApp.
New York City Subway Ends Twitter Service Alerts After Musk Raises Price
- Twitter had asked for $50,000 a month for API: MTA official
- Decision comes as MTA eyes $600 million shortfall this year
Commuters wait on the platform of a subway station in New York.
Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg
By
Skylar Woodhouse and
Michelle Kaske
April 27, 2023 at 6:04 PM EDT
New York City’s mass-transit system is ending its real-time service alerts on Twitter for subway, train and bus riders as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority curbs its relationship with the platform owned by Elon Musk.
Twitter had asked the MTA to pay $50,000 a month to continue accessing the platform’s application programming interface, or API, an infrastructure tool that allows for multiple computer programs to work together, according to an MTA official. Twitter didn’t specifically respond to an emailed request for comment.
“I don’t think it would be the best use of resources, especially when we have these other features and functions that are internal and homegrown and that are reliable that we want our customers to use,” Shanifah Rieara, MTA’s acting chief customer officer and senior advisor, said in a telephone interview. “We want to communicate with our customers through all platforms, but we need a platform that is reliant and consistent and up to date.”
MTA’s Twitter accounts that offered real time service updates to riders, including @NYCTSubway, @NYCTBus, @LIRR and @MetroNorth, will no longer be used to push out communication like service alerts to riders, according to the transit system. Transit system employees will still monitor those handles and respond to social media messages. There’s no planned change to @MTA account.
Read more: NYC Subway Alerts at Risk Under Twitter Plan to Make MTA Pay
Twitter had announced that it would suspend its access to its API on Feb. 9 but then said a new paid tier structure to use it would go into effect at the end of March, according to the MTA. Twitter didn’t offer a time line for when older accounts would lose access, the agency said.
The MTA has a $600 million budget deficit this year that’s set to grow to $3 billion in 2025 as federal pandemic aid runs out. The state agency is hoping that a plan by New York Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislators will help curb the system’s financial challenges.
Riders on subways, buses and commuter rails can still get real-time service information on MTA’s phone apps, MYmta and TrainTime, its website and on WhatsApp.
Elon Musk is a fukkin demonBloomberg - Are you a robot?
New York City Subway Ends Twitter Service Alerts After Musk Raises Price
- Twitter had asked for $50,000 a month for API: MTA official
- Decision comes as MTA eyes $600 million shortfall this year
Commuters wait on the platform of a subway station in New York.
Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg
By
Skylar Woodhouse and
Michelle Kaske
April 27, 2023 at 6:04 PM EDT
New York City’s mass-transit system is ending its real-time service alerts on Twitter for subway, train and bus riders as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority curbs its relationship with the platform owned by Elon Musk.
Twitter had asked the MTA to pay $50,000 a month to continue accessing the platform’s application programming interface, or API, an infrastructure tool that allows for multiple computer programs to work together, according to an MTA official. Twitter didn’t specifically respond to an emailed request for comment.
“I don’t think it would be the best use of resources, especially when we have these other features and functions that are internal and homegrown and that are reliable that we want our customers to use,” Shanifah Rieara, MTA’s acting chief customer officer and senior advisor, said in a telephone interview. “We want to communicate with our customers through all platforms, but we need a platform that is reliant and consistent and up to date.”
MTA’s Twitter accounts that offered real time service updates to riders, including @NYCTSubway, @NYCTBus, @LIRR and @MetroNorth, will no longer be used to push out communication like service alerts to riders, according to the transit system. Transit system employees will still monitor those handles and respond to social media messages. There’s no planned change to @MTA account.
Read more: NYC Subway Alerts at Risk Under Twitter Plan to Make MTA Pay
Twitter had announced that it would suspend its access to its API on Feb. 9 but then said a new paid tier structure to use it would go into effect at the end of March, according to the MTA. Twitter didn’t offer a time line for when older accounts would lose access, the agency said.
The MTA has a $600 million budget deficit this year that’s set to grow to $3 billion in 2025 as federal pandemic aid runs out. The state agency is hoping that a plan by New York Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislators will help curb the system’s financial challenges.
Riders on subways, buses and commuter rails can still get real-time service information on MTA’s phone apps, MYmta and TrainTime, its website and on WhatsApp.
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No money for MSG's Dolan in Penn Station overhaul, says MTA
“I think the Dolans have gotten a pretty good deal from New Yorkers so far,” said MTA Chair Janno Lieber.
gothamist.com