New Jersey, New York to Get $1.4 Billion in Transit Aid

The federal government announced $1.4 billion in aid Friday to transit agencies affected by Superstorm Sandy.

MTA employees use a pump train to pump seawater out of the L train tunnel under the East River after Hurricane Sandy. Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin

NEW YORK—The federal government announced $1.4 billion in aid Friday to transit agencies affected by Superstorm Sandy.

Most of the aid announced by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is going to four agencies in New York and New Jersey: the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, PATH, New Jersey Transit and the New York City Department of Transportation.