Technology
MTA Bus Time Coming To The Bronx
MTA Bus Time has been getting a lot of mention lately. The most recent focused on the launch of the bus location technology on all routes in Staten Island. Earlier today, MTA NYC Transit announced that the next borough to be setup with the technology will be the Bronx. More via the official press release: [...]
MTA Launches Bus Time On Staten Island
Two days ago, MTA NYC Transit announced the launch of “Bus Time” on Staten Island. The program will provide real time bus location information for every route in the borough. While the launch is only two days old, the desire & plan to bring it to the borough has long been in the making. The [...]
MTA Launches Real Time Elevator Escalator Info
Just the other day, the MTA announced the launch of an e-mail alert containing real time elevator & escalator service info. Here are the details via press release: MTA New York City Transit is now offering customers the opportunity to receive up-to-the-minute updates on the status of elevators and escalators through a new email alert [...]
LIRR Launches Real Time Train Info Pilot
In this day & age, real time information is available at our fingertips regardless of the subject matter. Unfortunately when it comes to the MTA, they have been far behind their peers in providing such information to its riding public. They have been trying to catch up so they deserve a little credit for that. [...]
MTA The Weekender Failure
As you know by now, every week I post the service diversions planned for that upcoming weekend & following week. These diversions are usually sent out on Thursday to those on the MTA’s press list. Recently the agency added a new tool to their website in regards to service diversions. The tool is called “The [...]
