Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Newsday's coverage

• MTA: Storm plans under way; Rockaway service back May 30

  The MTA is working on a plan for customized covers to seal off subway entry points during major storms like superstorm Sandy. At a news conference at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority 's South Ferry station -- one of the most severely damaged by   Read more »

• Brentwood man killed when train struck car

  Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials on Saturday said they were still investigating a train accident that killed a driver in his car on the tracks near the Brentwood station Friday.The driver was identified as Adolfo Munoz, 63, of Brentwood. M   Read more »

• Report faults MTA over lax structure inspections

  The MTA has failed to regularly inspect several critical support structures on its subway system -- in some cases going decades without checking on them, a new report said.The report from the office of Metropolitan Transportation Authority Inspector Gene   Read more »

• Editorial: Yet another episode of Nassau financial follies

  It's a classic illustration about fast-money fixes in Nassau County: 17 years after then-Executive Thomas Gulotta did a deal with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to raise fast cash, the mess is still costing taxpayers. Now the county has to com   Read more »

• NYPD: Suspicious package probe at Grand Central subway platform

  Emergency services and bomb squad officers from the NYPD are investigating a suspicious package found Monday on a subway platform serving Grand Central Terminal, the NYPD and Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.The package was reported in a 911 ca   Read more »

Around the web

• Implore President Obama to Enforce the Civil Rights Act

  Activists are charging the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority with violating the civil rights of a half-million bus riders, 75 percent of them black or Latino, by cutting 1 million hours of bus service and raising monthly bus passes to $72 4:15 PM from The Nation Read more »

• After Crash, Metro-North Riders Face Morning Commute

  On the first of what could be several burdensome morning commutes for Metro-North riders after last week’s crash near Fairfield, Conn., travelers filled trains to capacity, tried their luck on the highways, or simply stayed home to avoid the jumble of ra 9:52 AM from The New York Times Read more »

• Damaged trains set to be removed from wreck site

  The transit agency that runs the Metro-North commuter rail line says trains damaged in a Friday crash in Connecticut are being removed in the first step to making repairs and restoring service. Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation   from The Seattle Times Read more »

• Bullet Kills Girl, 14, Riding M.T.A. Bus in Queens

  A 14-year-old girl was shot in the head and killed on Saturday evening as she rode a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus in Queens, the police said. A police spokesman said it appeared the gunman was outside the bus, a Q6, and intentionally fired a   from The New York Times Read more »

• Mayor candidates on transportation: innovation vs. tried and true - Los Angeles Times

  The challenge for the next mayor, experts say, will be the nuts and bolts: repaving the city's broken streets and sidewalks, completing a surge of bus and rail projects and securing more transportation funding. Mayoral contenders Wendy Greuel and Eric Ga   from PBS: Blueprint America Read more »