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New York Transit Authority Drops Twitter for Real-Time Alerts, Says It’s ‘No Longer Reliable’

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New York Transit Authority Drops Twitter for Real-Time Alerts, Says It’s ‘No Longer Reliable’
Passengers enter a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) subway in New York City, N.Y., on June 29, 2017. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Agency (MTA) has announced that it’s “saying goodbye” to Twitter as a platform for delivering service alerts and information, citing reliability problems.

For over a decade, MTA has provided real-time information on service outages, delays, and other important transit updates for its 1.3 million Twitter followers.

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Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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