New York metro transit systems add on-demand sign language interpreters
It’s a classic New York experience. You’re riding the subway to work, and suddenly the train stops. The lights go off, and ...
An app for deaf and hard of hearing users providing help for New York MTA riders
A new accessibility program based on an app for deaf and hard of hearing users is being tested on the New York MTA system. It will provide riders with instant access to a live sign language ...
Schedule derailed: Green line extension pushed back after soil, construction twists
The METRO Green Line Extension completion date, set for sometime in 2023, will likely be extended, according to Southwest Light Rail Transit spokesperson Trevor Roy. Because of construction ...
Delegates ask Whitehorse city council for free transit
Representatives from the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition, the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre, Climate Action Yukon and the ...
VIA's plan: Shorter waits for buses on five key routes
The transit agency says it will adjust to have buses arrive more often, which it expects will help encourage more people to ...
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MTA's Janno Lieber confronts Albany with risks of underfunding transit
During a state budget hearing in Albany, Lieber pulled out framed New York Post and Daily News covers from 2017's “Summer of ...
MTA honcho Janno Leiber quiet on plan to fill $35B budget hole — but outside group pitches longshot taxes, fees
The MTA chief declined to share ideas Thursday on how to plug the agency’s $35-billion budget hole, but suggestions from ...
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News Wrap: Panama’s president rejects U.S. claim of canal transit fee deal
In our news wrap Thursday, Panama's president is pushing back on U.S. claims that a deal over transit fees for the Panama Canal was reached, the NCAA updated its transgender policy to limit women's ...
Whithorse city council urged to pause transit fare hike, expand service
Several people attended a Whitehorse city council meeting this week to talk about the local transit system, as ...
MTA says multiple failures led to suspects moving subway train
The MTA on Tuesday admitted to multiple failures that allowed a group of teenagers to get into a parked subway train in ...
NY county sick of being ‘MTA’s ATM’ with little service in return — and wants out of transit agency: pols
Orange County has had enough of being used as an ATM for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and now officials want to ...
Salt Lake City is getting a new TRAX line, and existing routes will see changes. Here’s where.
A new TRAX light rail line is making its way to the station.