{"id":266428,"date":"2026-06-14T13:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/266428\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T13:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:57:09","slug":"ed-mta-investments-keep-nyc-moving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/266428\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed | MTA investments keep NYC moving"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MTA\u2019s new R211 cars when they first hit the rails in Brooklyn for testing on July 1, 2021. <\/p>\n

Marc Hermann \/ MTA<\/p>\n

When it comes to coverage of the MTA, events like last week\u2019s groundbreaking for Second Avenue Subway Phase 2<\/a> tend to grab headlines. It\u2019s not hard to see why kicking off expansion projects is exciting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Less acknowledged is the sustained work we\u2019ve done to set the system up for success when it matters most \u2014 when the NBA Finals return to New York for the first time in 27 years. When the City hosts the World Cup. When the U.S. Open Golf Championship sets up shop on Long Island. Or even when you\u2019re just trying to get to work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our goal every day is to make good transit a given. You don\u2019t think about it because you know it\u2019s going to get you where you need to go. But that doesn\u2019t happen with a hope and a prayer. It takes investment, which the MTA has done a lot of in the last few years thanks to increased funding from the State under the leadership of Governor Hochul.<\/p>\n

You might\u2019ve heard that we\u2019ve been expanding subway service on more than a dozen lines since 2023. For the World Cup specifically, on match days we\u2019ll be running additional trains<\/a> on the C, 1, 7 and F lines to accommodate fans heading to Penn Station and the Port Authority Bus Terminal for travel to New York\/New Jersey Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a similar story on the Long Island Rail Road for the U.S. Open. We were able to significantly increase service<\/a> compared to the last time it was held here in 2018 because of all the projects completed since then \u2013 Double Track, Third Track, and Grand Central Madison \u2013 and the additional capacity and flexibility they\u2019ve given the railroad.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For previous major tournaments, we had to cancel regular service to run extra trains for fans. This time, nobody\u2019s being inconvenienced despite plans to run an average of seven to eight additional trains per day, while also increasing train lengths and offering more direct service options to and from the temporary Shinnecock Hills Station.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New York will always be a global destination, so we\u2019re already thinking about future opportunities for growth. At the Governor\u2019s direction, we\u2019re looking into ways to keep digging westward<\/a> after Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 is completed, extending the Q line all the way to Broadway along 125 St. This would save us a ton of time and money since the tunnel boring machines would already be there. We\u2019re also in the early stages of redesigning<\/a> Jamaica Station, the gateway to New York from Kennedy Airport.<\/p>\n

The benefits of those projects might not be realized for years, but this MTA is playing the long game. By continuing to modernize, expand, and strengthen our network today, we\u2019re preparing to keep the region moving forward for decades to come.<\/p>\n

Shanifah Rieara is the MTA\u2019s chief customer officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MTA\u2019s new R211 cars when they first hit the rails in Brooklyn for testing on July 1, 2021.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[141,9,56,63,65,64,103097,56533,142],"class_list":["post-266428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-mta","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-nyc-transit-projects","tag-shanifah-rieara","tag-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}