NEW YORK—Three of the MTA’s transportation agencies are becoming more efficient through increased productivity and better use of their resources, said officials on Monday.
Millions of people living in the Tri-State area use public transport for both daily commutes and weekend trips. But travel times don’t always go according to schedule, due to track work.
Yet, things may be improving. Representatives from the New York City Transit (NYCT), Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), and Metro-North described how their agencies are working on this, aiming to save money while better serving customers. They spoke before the Capital Program Oversight Committee.
The NYCT has cut down its set-up and take-down times, and a representative said they are expediting construction by closing segments of tracks for 9-to-16-day periods from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Veronica Vanterpool, associate director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, said these approaches could work, “as long as they can balance customer needs;” and she added that spending less time on construction would be beneficial “as long as the customer has a reliable way home.”
It’s important to “make sure that riders are not left stranded in the system,” Vanterpool added.
