CBS2's Marcia Kramer rides along with Transit Authority Chairman Andy Byford for an exclusive look at how he plans to overhaul the MTA in just 10 years.
I gotta say Andy Byford is doing one hell of a job in NYC after spending years in London and Toronto fixing problems. He made the signals a lot better, speed up trains, and some MTA projects actually met deadlines.
@@dmann5938 We miss him here. It really hasn't been the same without him, I saw him around 4 times in toronto. He actually got us to implement new ATC signals which hopefully reduces the signal problems.
He also spent some time in Sydney Australia with cityrail amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/if-you-think-sydney-s-trains-are-bad-try-new-york-s-20180523-p4zh4v.html
I’m glad he is. At least he’s taking mass transit unlike many of the MTA board members. They have picked the right man to run the New York City Transit Authority.
It blows my mind how people see someone with more so much experience and such a great track record genuinely trying to improve the NYC shithole subway, and they blame him for all of its existing problems. He's only been here two years and the system is so much better because of it. It's over a century old and it has a long history of corruption - blame Albany for that. He's sped up trains, made them cleaner and safer, renovated stations in ways that actually matter, and all of this was done when he said it would be, unlike Cuomo's pet projects.
As a Los Angeles native and a soon-to-be NYC resident, swipping the MTA card was really a pain in the ass whenever I was in NYC. On the other hand, the LA metro tap card is much easier to use. MTA is no doubt the best transit system in the country. But comparing to the transit systems in other developed countries, it needs a lot of work in infrastructure and cleanness. Even many stations in Manhattan look really outdated.
Well the MTA already has a plan to phase out MetroCard and to come out with OMNY, which is tap and pay. This is a really old system that needs complete modernization, but needs a lot of money from the city and the state, and from what I can tell, they're trying really hard not to give them money.
Bill Chen don’t expect the Stations to be modern Do you know how disruptive to service it is to Close down a station cleaning it would be good and the city and state Needs to give The MTA Money To Modernize it Which they try not too So unless you wanna pay for it let’s stick with the stations now and focus on cleaning them
Abdoulie Ceesay They should close alternate stations on a single line at a time. For example, for station renovations on the 7th Avenue IRT south of Times Sq, they can renovate these stations first: 28th Street 18th Street Christopher Street Canal Street After that, these next stops should be renovated: 23rd Street Houston Street Franklin Street That way, impact is minimized while renovating more stops.
I'm glad that Andy Byfford seems like he actually gives a damn instead of saying he gives a damn about the MTA. Hopefully Cuomo / the governor after and the MTA can get it together and put funds back into fixing the problems
@@Peter-gv6vf The JFK AirTrain, which is NOT a subway line, is a people-mover that transports airport passengers between the JFK International Airport to either Howard Beach or Jamaica with connections to the subway.
People seem to also forget that the MTA consists of more than just the Subway and Bus. There’s the LIRR, Metro North and the Toll fare from the bridges and tunnels.
raymond rodriguez so you’re okay with the crumbling walls and piss?? It needs to be treated with respected because it’s historically important but it’s a shitshow rn
@@liz2880 The South Ferry station that was damaged by Sandy is fairly new, opened about 10 years ago to replace the old station. The old station was then reopened after the storm and remained in operation until the new station was repaired.
The air conditioning is a problem. I was in the 1 line and the air conditioner was not on. At that time the weather was between 80 and 90. There was been other lines I have been in and they have no air conditioner in the middle of summer.
Not gonna lie the AC is boomin much better than last year but the delays have gotten better except the 4 train that shit never works I always hop to the 6 lol.
It’s because the Lexington Avenue Line is always Crowded and delays trains at the station and also their is a 5 train directly in front of it which Is delayed at the next station causing that train to stop
Most of the lines were designed 110 years ago, when only the privileged few able to use the subway, it with from 100 thousand to 8 million plus a day. I’m not making an excuse for the MTA but over crowding, and excessive litter is just bound to happy. A lot of the delays are people related to be completely honest
The L train has CBTC of course it runs smoothly. The N doesn’t because it still uses the 50 year old signals. The 7 also runs pretty well, it only gets affected when there is some sort of Track work or something
I don’t know what’s going in NewYork but the train lines in LA are awesome 👏🏾 NewYork step your game up. People clean our trains, buses etc and the Tap card system is the business. TAP and go.
There is a magnitude more people riding on the trains daily, and tap cards are going to have a full rollout in the next 4-5 years, right now they're in Staten Island buses and certain stations on the 4 5 and 6 line
Ronniebon Gaming Honestly, for such an old system as the London Underground, they’ve done a bang-up job. The MTA, though...we’ve got an old system, too. And look at it in comparison. Loud, cramped, _damn old._ Also, the blue and yellow diagonal stripes on the sides that the governor’s pushing? They’re not really that nice.
Take it from a born and raised New Yorker. All we care about is subways in time and more of them so we can actually get on during rush hour instead of fighting to get in.
That’s a standard Photo ID pass issued to all employees of NYCT and other MTA agencies like LIRR and MNR for free transportation as an employment benefit.
MTA is supposed to be a free service. What we consider the fare is nothing more then an extra tax on the riding public. The businesses and the state taxes we already pay should fund the MTA. Ask yourself who profits the most from the MTA? Now you have your answer as to who should pay for it. Free public transportation and freedom of movement is one of the great civil rights issues of our time! Peace out, spread the word for a free public transit system in nyc!
I’ve been to NYC twice, and I have to admit the subway 🚇 is pretty easy to navigate and trains were timely. I’ve seen reports that MTA added Apple Pay support since , but it doesn’t work with an Unlimited card. 🤔
范祐睿 some stations like Chambers Street on the A & C have trains of different lengths, ages and door spacing stopping there... they’d have to replace all the old C (as in clunker) trains first, and make them 10 cars instead of 8 for platform doors to work... we saw those in Copenhagen and thought it was a great idea, but that’s a really new system with full automation (no driver!)
They need to get rid of the older trains and make them have the station info on them. Then, they need to add more led lights on certain stations. Some are way too dim.
From a Torontonian, you New Yorkers are really sleeping on Andy Byford. The guy knows his stuff and improved the commute in Toronto a ton. You guys are spoiled and he will make the MTA better.
Aleksandr Vasilenko Lets start with expanding the E train to go to SE Queens via the Atlantic Branch. There’s also the Rockaway Beach Branch, but you would need to deinterline the QBL to do so. My recommendation for that is the F, M (and eventually, the V, which would replace the M) and the E and K (K will eventually replace the M via a new connection in Soho) on the express. G service to 179th Street will supplement the F and M.
By the time the system is fixed. I’ll have grand kids. The new MTA plan costs more than $50 billion. And only fixes 6 lines, doesn’t expand the system to transit deserts or SI, and doesn’t include autonomous/driverless trains that are already in service around the world
Demetri286 They tried one person train ops on the L in 2005. This is a step close to driverless trains. However, the union thought it was a safety violation on a full length train, so this was dropped.
Well they have been through enough money into the system for many many years but I’ve been taking out money at the system for other things like parks bridges and other stuff then you throw the money
They used to be painted, but because of graffiti they took off the paint in the late 80's. And painted trains are apparently slowly coming back, search for "R160 cuomo" you'll see
You people need to fix the MTA in not 10 years but only a few. And focus less on signaling and concrete and ficus on getting rid of delays. One example: in the morning during rush hour when everyone is going to Manhattan on the 7 including me. Why are there like 50 trains every minute going to Flushing(opposite of rush hour direction) and only 2 trains every 20 minutes going to Manhattan(direction of rush hour). Same thing vise versa in the evening am when people are trying to leave Manhattan
Well he has a proven record with the London Underground, Sydney Trains and TTC in Toronto so he'll do something (if the politicians let him, and that's the problem)
Byford is the reason why the majority of mta employees are retiring. I drove a bus in Manhattan for 25 years. When he took over, he was asked. Are you going to run the mta or are you going to let the public run it? Answer was that he wanted input from the people. He was told that the public does not know what they want. I signed my retirement papers right then and there
The price is 2.75 to get you anywhere in NYC, plus a transfer onto a bus. Try that in Washington DC, or any other city. It's cheap! Take a cab if you can't afford to pay $2.75, because the price is below market value.
I recommend cleaning up stations, more security so the crack heads and crazy people dont act out of hand on the train...color them to bring a more new york feel because someone in the comments said they look like cans...color the trains according to their circle color cuz the only character we see is some E trains with a design. Then we need more buses for specific routes because it makes no sense for a bus to show up 50 mins late on a non rush hour part of the day
The issue with the subway is the fucking people that ride the Subways everyday. We need more security and we need to teach people how to act like adults. We also need to outlaw panhandling and gospel preaching and music in the subway cars.
Break the unions and privatization. Let private enterprise run the system. Too much overtime and large pensions. Too much management and waste. The system is a cesspool of waste. The employees who suffer from all of the above are train operators and conductors. They suffer daily. Sell the system and let corporate executives clean house. The system should make a profit.
What we need is a big economic depression these unions will suffer including these devil's running public services will suffer. Including management wasting money and resources.
Long ago, the subways WERE privately owned. There was the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) (morphed into the Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Company [BMT] after the infamous Malbone Street Tunnel wreck in the 19-teens). The bus lines were also private companies (5th Avenue Coach Company, Surface Transit Corporation, Avenue B & East Broadway Transit Company, and others). For a whole host of reasons, private ownership lost money and NYC had to take over everything. I'd love to see a return to private ownership but it ain't gonna happen, at least in my lifetime. Unions will be around in the system until NYS becomes a "right-to-work" state and NYC follows along. Think that's ever gonna happen? And I haven't even commented on the MTA railroad lines (the former LIRR, NYCRR Commuter Operations, etc.).
No, he actually picks up litter. When he was the CEO of the Toronto Transit Commission, people often saw him in stations and on trains doing exactly what he was doing in this video. He doesn't own a car nor have a driver's license, so transit is the way he gets around the city.
Just copy what koreans do. They dont use metrocards fking use smartphones . they have wifi they have AC they have CLEAN super modern everything NYC subways.... its literally stuck in the 70s. enough said. Have the track gated doors. so no littering will happen and no suicides. or air pods or phones on the tracks.
1: The MTA needs money so they get it from metro cars 2:You can’t stop the public from using Phones 3:Not everything need WiFi 4:NYC Has a lot Open air subway stations And theirs no place in putting the AC 5:Do you realize how expensive it is to have Screen Doors For a subway system that needs money from The city and state which never gives them it
The ppl man.. The ppl who rides or lay around the system doesnt make anything easier.. They are like animals down here.. Running for closing doors holding them open keeping the traind stationed. The homeless, whack jobs, crack heads, trouble makers, intoxicated etc and if you know your not feeling well dont get on the trains cuz not only your putting yout health at risk but once you pass out that train will not move till EMS or NYPD comes to rescue ya ass... To many ppl to many variables one person can jack the whole system..
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I gotta say Andy Byford is doing one hell of a job in NYC after spending years in London and Toronto fixing problems. He made the signals a lot better, speed up trains, and some MTA projects actually met deadlines.
Toronto loved him lol
PhantomMatrix send this guy to Atlanta
@@dmann5938 We miss him here. It really hasn't been the same without him, I saw him around 4 times in toronto. He actually got us to implement new ATC signals which hopefully reduces the signal problems.
Demonta Barrino has no send to San Diego
He also spent some time in Sydney Australia with cityrail amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/if-you-think-sydney-s-trains-are-bad-try-new-york-s-20180523-p4zh4v.html
I can’t lie, I see Andy Byford mostly every morning taking the train
Anthony Yauri now that is not a lazy man like people are saying
Amazing! What time are you commuting and on what line(s)?
He used to run to be the CEO of the TTC in Toronto
Max Silverstone the s line at 5am
I’m glad he is. At least he’s taking mass transit unlike many of the MTA board members. They have picked the right man to run the New York City Transit Authority.
It blows my mind how people see someone with more so much experience and such a great track record genuinely trying to improve the NYC shithole subway, and they blame him for all of its existing problems. He's only been here two years and the system is so much better because of it. It's over a century old and it has a long history of corruption - blame Albany for that. He's sped up trains, made them cleaner and safer, renovated stations in ways that actually matter, and all of this was done when he said it would be, unlike Cuomo's pet projects.
Exactly!
MV!
Edwin Martinez-Vazquez como is going to run him out of town😡
They need to fix Chambers Street on the J/Z lines...It’s a mess!
As a Los Angeles native and a soon-to-be NYC resident, swipping the MTA card was really a pain in the ass whenever I was in NYC. On the other hand, the LA metro tap card is much easier to use. MTA is no doubt the best transit system in the country. But comparing to the transit systems in other developed countries, it needs a lot of work in infrastructure and cleanness. Even many stations in Manhattan look really outdated.
Your right and there are wayy to many homeless ppl and nut jobs down there in the subway
Well the MTA already has a plan to phase out MetroCard and to come out with OMNY, which is tap and pay. This is a really old system that needs complete modernization, but needs a lot of money from the city and the state, and from what I can tell, they're trying really hard not to give them money.
Bill Chen don’t expect the Stations to be modern Do you know how disruptive to service it is to Close down a station cleaning it would be good
and the city and state Needs to give The MTA Money To Modernize it Which they try not too So unless you wanna pay for it let’s stick with the stations now and focus on cleaning them
well its 100 years old
Abdoulie Ceesay They should close alternate stations on a single line at a time. For example, for station renovations on the 7th Avenue IRT south of Times Sq, they can renovate these stations first:
28th Street
18th Street
Christopher Street
Canal Street
After that, these next stops should be renovated:
23rd Street
Houston Street
Franklin Street
That way, impact is minimized while renovating more stops.
I'm glad that Andy Byfford seems like he actually gives a damn instead of saying he gives a damn about the MTA. Hopefully Cuomo / the governor after and the MTA can get it together and put funds back into fixing the problems
Andy Byford is the most human face MTA leadership has ever had!!!!
Listen. If the MTA is going to anything.
_Repair Chambers street station_
NYCT Enthusiast theres many stations they need to repair starting at 181st lol
Didn’t they start some type of rehabilitation on that station ?
Brooklyn & Queens buses need a car wash. Inside & Out.
J train chambers? Before it looked like a horror movie or something directly out from the warriors flick
@@pjay9875 Yes they did!
I miss having Andy in Toronto, managing the TTC...a true man of his word.
Andy's got you. He did a great job here in Toronto.
Im rooting for the guy.
Best subway line in NYC is the JFK airtrain.
Fr 😂
The what now?
@@Peter-gv6vf The JFK AirTrain, which is NOT a subway line, is a people-mover that transports airport passengers between the JFK International Airport to either Howard Beach or Jamaica with connections to the subway.
I like the 1960s "TA" logo pin that he wears.
People seem to also forget that the MTA consists of more than just the Subway and Bus. There’s the LIRR, Metro North and the Toll fare from the bridges and tunnels.
Johnathan Bravo my local LIRR station got renovated
We miss you, Andy!! - City of Toronto
The chambers J and Z station should replace because the station is extremely filthy and disgusting
Nelson shut the fuck up. That station is unique and very historic so no that station will not get renovated
raymond rodriguez Yes it does the station should be replace and clean just like The new south ferry station
raymond rodriguez so you’re okay with the crumbling walls and piss?? It needs to be treated with respected because it’s historically important but it’s a shitshow rn
Nelson correct me if I’m wrong but the south ferry station was remodeled due to damage from Sandy, so it’s not exactly the same
@@liz2880 The South Ferry station that was damaged by Sandy is fairly new, opened about 10 years ago to replace the old station. The old station was then reopened after the storm and remained in operation until the new station was repaired.
The air conditioning is a problem. I was in the 1 line and the air conditioner was not on. At that time the weather was between 80 and 90. There was been other lines I have been in and they have no air conditioner in the middle of summer.
Toronto misses you Andy!
Not gonna lie the AC is boomin much better than last year but the delays have gotten better except the 4 train that shit never works I always hop to the 6 lol.
It’s because the Lexington Avenue Line is always Crowded and delays trains at the station and also their is a 5 train directly in front of it which Is delayed at the next station causing that train to stop
Spice 0o0 I ride the trains daily and every single one I enter have AC, only once have I experienced the AC not working
How about hiring people that are not lazy to do their jobs?
thats actualy what they have been doing
I'm from London, personally I like lazy staff as I get on for free then.
We'll see this overhaul 20 years from now.
Thats if the world makes it 20yrs from now
more like never only taking 20 plus for east side acess
@@jonboi2527 it will
Andy Byford used to be in charge of my rail system in Sydney
$475 for a monthly on the MTA East line to Grand Central and I don't believe I've ever had the "Luxury" of sitting in a clean train cart.
As a Londoner, I find it incredible that NYC has such a terrible subway. Hopefully Andy will change this!
Non-scripted what are the odds
and its literally the correct and only door. lol
Clean up the homeless cleanup and air condtion the stations.
blaze 2019 right the stations feel like it’s three feet above from hell
blaze 2019 blame your mayor for the homeless problem on the trains
@@richdollars8337 oh i do lol
Most of the lines were designed 110 years ago, when only the privileged few able to use the subway, it with from 100 thousand to 8 million plus a day. I’m not making an excuse for the MTA but over crowding, and excessive litter is just bound to happy. A lot of the delays are people related to be completely honest
I gotta say the L train runs pretty dam smoothly but the N needs some work. Also , the MTA actually got me home early one day so kinda proud of that .
The L train has CBTC of course it runs smoothly. The N doesn’t because it still uses the 50 year old signals. The 7 also runs pretty well, it only gets affected when there is some sort of Track work or something
Overhaul? I'll believe it when I see it.
I don’t know what’s going in NewYork but the train lines in LA are awesome 👏🏾 NewYork step your game up. People clean our trains, buses etc and the Tap card system is the business. TAP and go.
3-1/2 million ride our subway DAILY. that's more than LA has in a month.
There is a magnitude more people riding on the trains daily, and tap cards are going to have a full rollout in the next 4-5 years, right now they're in Staten Island buses and certain stations on the 4 5 and 6 line
Need this guy on Portland's TriMet.
Transport For London could do with a man like him..come back to Blighty mate!
TFL is fine, amazing compared to NYC.
_Plz come back tho_
Ronniebon Gaming Honestly, for such an old system as the London Underground, they’ve done a bang-up job. The MTA, though...we’ve got an old system, too. And look at it in comparison. Loud, cramped, _damn old._
Also, the blue and yellow diagonal stripes on the sides that the governor’s pushing? They’re not really that nice.
MainBlag Banner the new LIRR trains are sporting them too... saw one odd 2 car test train running around last weekend on the main line in Queens.
Glad I'm in Chicago Cta
Take it from a born and raised New Yorker. All we care about is subways in time and more of them so we can actually get on during rush hour instead of fighting to get in.
I like how his metrocard has golden text
I think that's the senior pass metrocard
@@thegamelover21 LMAO
That’s a standard Photo ID pass issued to all employees of NYCT and other MTA agencies like LIRR and MNR for free transportation as an employment benefit.
MTA is supposed to be a free service. What we consider the fare is nothing more then an extra tax on the riding public. The businesses and the state taxes we already pay should fund the MTA. Ask yourself who profits the most from the MTA? Now you have your answer as to who should pay for it. Free public transportation and freedom of movement is one of the great civil rights issues of our time! Peace out, spread the word for a free public transit system in nyc!
You know what they say. Money Talks
god bless this man
I’ve been to NYC twice, and I have to admit the subway 🚇 is pretty easy to navigate and trains were timely. I’ve seen reports that MTA added Apple Pay support since , but it doesn’t work with an Unlimited card. 🤔
CalienteFrijoles In 2021, there will be physical OMNY unlimited cards
Andy Byford is the old TTC CEO.
Build a platform doors, please !
范祐睿 some stations like Chambers Street on the A & C have trains of different lengths, ages and door spacing stopping there... they’d have to replace all the old C (as in clunker) trains first, and make them 10 cars instead of 8 for platform doors to work... we saw those in Copenhagen and thought it was a great idea, but that’s a really new system with full automation (no driver!)
This guy is awesome
Get rid of any red tape, and let this man do his job. Great work Andy Byford
do you notice that transit / subway people are always bald british guys
Andy Byford 🥰
Still a hell of a lot better than the DC Metro System
What are some ways wmata is better?
I like his optimism
Ambitious he is..will the city tolerate his long term vision??
2:04 You will only have "State of the art" if you start from scratch!
The best part was "something that looks like marble"
awww Andy left us here in toronto... he got tired of the TTC
Andy please come back to Toronto the TTC needs you! 😫
Yeah, take him back please.
@John Davis
He wont. He will just get paid $$
They need to get rid of the older trains and make them have the station info on them. Then, they need to add more led lights on certain stations. Some are way too dim.
Shea Butta Gawd The R211 and R262s will replace some of the older cars.
Knuckles should be MTA president
R62A Guy Why?
A better president for NYCT would be Andrew Lynch, the guy running the Vanshnookenraggen site.
@@TheRailLeaguer spider man would do a better job to fix the nyc subway, he’ll stop all the crime in the subway and even reduce fare
@@pubggamer2022 You being sarcastic?
New York metro still looks old fashioned, it should be modern and futuristic
It is old fashioned
It's old.
From a Torontonian, you New Yorkers are really sleeping on Andy Byford. The guy knows his stuff and improved the commute in Toronto a ton. You guys are spoiled and he will make the MTA better.
Expansion to cover more areas would be a good improvement
Aleksandr Vasilenko Lets start with expanding the E train to go to SE Queens via the Atlantic Branch.
There’s also the Rockaway Beach Branch, but you would need to deinterline the QBL to do so. My recommendation for that is the F, M (and eventually, the V, which would replace the M) and the E and K (K will eventually replace the M via a new connection in Soho) on the express. G service to 179th Street will supplement the F and M.
I’m not gonna lie this guy pretty consistent
these type of subway... in these conditions ... only in NY...
Andy Buford was he just with Toronto
Please remodel the stations. Add platform screen doors.
TTU222911 Wait until the 75-foot cars retire for PSD’s
The tracks! What about the tracks? The 1 always feels like it’s going to derail.
By the time the system is fixed. I’ll have grand kids. The new MTA plan costs more than $50 billion. And only fixes 6 lines, doesn’t expand the system to transit deserts or SI, and doesn’t include autonomous/driverless trains that are already in service around the world
Demetri286 They tried one person train ops on the L in 2005. This is a step close to driverless trains. However, the union thought it was a safety violation on a full length train, so this was dropped.
Well they have been through enough money into the system for many many years but I’ve been taking out money at the system for other things like parks bridges and other stuff then you throw the money
It would make his job easy if MTA goes private.
If he did go private, the toll would rise from $2.75 to like $10 but if he had enough funding beforehand, it could work
ruzzell907 Privatizing is not always the solution, especially given the situation with Nassau County Buses.
Tanz Privatize the MTA subways and buses and you just took us out of the frying pan and into the fire.
@@TheRailLeaguer yeah
Tanz I always use the Nassau Bus Lines as an example of why privatization is a bad idea.
Just seeing Marcia rub her hand on the handrail going down the stairs made me gag. All that bacteria
Please clean up the homeless problem at subway stations!
Trains look like tin cans , maybe paint them and not have bare metal everywhere
They used to be painted, but because of graffiti they took off the paint in the late 80's. And painted trains are apparently slowly coming back, search for "R160 cuomo" you'll see
I like OMNY
Even more crowds coming. Shit is already packed. Why do everyone wanna come to nyc, all of a sudden? Smh.
Richard Johnson What?
Welp...get ready for those fare hikes y’all!!
the fare hikes are going to happen regardless. The cost of everything just goes UP. What's the MTA supposed to do?
Simone 212 That joke is getting too old.
Yea AII
0:59 transit execs who ride the train, care about the system 👍 Train Daddy Byford should be good, if not great, for Amtrak👍
Toilets need overhaul too!
Bathroom on NYC subway are dangerous 😳
You people need to fix the MTA in not 10 years but only a few. And focus less on signaling and concrete and ficus on getting rid of delays. One example: in the morning during rush hour when everyone is going to Manhattan on the 7 including me. Why are there like 50 trains every minute going to Flushing(opposite of rush hour direction) and only 2 trains every 20 minutes going to Manhattan(direction of rush hour). Same thing vise versa in the evening am when people are trying to leave Manhattan
Because the Manhattan bound trains run both local and express.
Sounds British to me as im a british person
Now pay the workers the money that we truly deserve !!!!
Literally no one, lets improve the floors
It's not gonna work. Unless people start acting up and clean after themselves. You give them marble floors someone slips you get a lawsuit
All he care about is people paying the fare... they poured so much money into that campaign.
@stylus850 that was harsh because most people who jump the fare are poor.
Well he has a proven record with the London Underground, Sydney Trains and TTC in Toronto so he'll do something (if the politicians let him, and that's the problem)
stylus850 I use to hop the turnstile all the time NY could kiss my ass overpriced and overpopulated
Abby From Wii Sports It’s as if you are asking the MTA to not improve service.
The MTA has no chance. I honestly think it’ll just get worse in the next 10 years.
Bruno Gonzalez go look up Andy Byford and see what he succeeded in doing elsewhere before NYC. You might change your mind
all i see is fare hike and lots of pissed off people.
Yup and NYC is only getting more overpopulated
Byford is the reason why the majority of mta employees are retiring. I drove a bus in Manhattan for 25 years. When he took over, he was asked.
Are you going to run the mta or are you going to let the public run it? Answer was that he wanted input from the people. He was told that the public does not know what they want.
I signed my retirement papers right then and there
The reporter sounds like her nose is filled of snot as if she caught the cold. Ugh
"Non- Scripted"
Does he fare invade
Trolly Polly No.
Andy Byford?? HE USED TO RUN THE TTC!!!!!!
How are you going to make it modern in 10 years? By then it will be out of date lol! You need to get it done in 2 years!
Instead of spending money in proxy wars, spend money for your own people.
He made the TTC great he can do it with the MTA!!
Too bad he was fired. What could’ve been 😢
The only thing they need to improve is the price. Need to lower it. Asap
Paul Reza Everything needs to improve: the signals, stations, railcars, and the fare payment system.
The price is 2.75 to get you anywhere in NYC, plus a transfer onto a bus. Try that in Washington DC, or any other city.
It's cheap! Take a cab if you can't afford to pay $2.75, because the price is below market value.
Her voice REALLY goes through me
Sounds like she needa retire
I recommend cleaning up stations, more security so the crack heads and crazy people dont act out of hand on the train...color them to bring a more new york feel because someone in the comments said they look like cans...color the trains according to their circle color cuz the only character we see is some E trains with a design. Then we need more buses for specific routes because it makes no sense for a bus to show up 50 mins late on a non rush hour part of the day
The E has the coumo wrap, that isn’t the color of the E bullet circle. It was a design made by cuomo.
TTC guy
subway trains are not homeless shelters! they chase you and yell at you. its dangerous.
Update the freaking card machines to digital codes... No more swiping cards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Default Name That’s what OMNY is for. Part of Fast Forward.
The issue with the subway is the fucking people that ride the Subways everyday. We need more security and we need to teach people how to act like adults. We also need to outlaw panhandling and gospel preaching and music in the subway cars.
ivorysteele Unfortunately the cop-haters will be angry with that plan.
Agreed. We need to improve this shit. Also make sure the stations are actually clean
Break the unions and privatization. Let private enterprise run the system. Too much overtime and large pensions. Too much management and waste. The system is a cesspool of waste. The employees who suffer from all of the above are train operators and conductors. They suffer daily. Sell the system and let corporate executives clean house. The system should make a profit.
What we need is a big economic depression these unions will suffer including these devil's running public services will suffer. Including management wasting money and resources.
Too much greed and waste.
Long ago, the subways WERE privately owned. There was the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) (morphed into the Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Company [BMT] after the infamous Malbone Street Tunnel wreck in the 19-teens). The bus lines were also private companies (5th Avenue Coach Company, Surface Transit Corporation, Avenue B & East Broadway Transit Company, and others). For a whole host of reasons, private ownership lost money and NYC had to take over everything. I'd love to see a return to private ownership but it ain't gonna happen, at least in my lifetime. Unions will be around in the system until NYS becomes a "right-to-work" state and NYC follows along. Think that's ever gonna happen? And I haven't even commented on the MTA railroad lines (the former LIRR, NYCRR Commuter Operations, etc.).
stylus850 Agreed.
Anthony Bove Privatize the MTA and service will be MUCH WORSE than what we have now.
Not wheelchair friendly.
well its 100 years and mostly built before the laws happened not possible now
All new stations renovations will be wheel chair accesible going forward
He picks up litter for TV
No, he actually picks up litter. When he was the CEO of the Toronto Transit Commission, people often saw him in stations and on trains doing exactly what he was doing in this video. He doesn't own a car nor have a driver's license, so transit is the way he gets around the city.
What about the smell of urine?
I got used to it
Just copy what koreans do.
They dont use metrocards
fking use smartphones
. they have wifi
they have AC
they have CLEAN super modern everything
NYC subways.... its literally stuck in the 70s.
enough said.
Have the track gated doors. so no littering will happen and no suicides. or air pods or phones on the tracks.
1: The MTA needs money so they get it from metro cars
2:You can’t stop the public from using Phones
3:Not everything need WiFi
4:NYC Has a lot Open air subway stations And theirs no place in putting the AC
5:Do you realize how expensive it is to have Screen Doors For a subway system that needs money from The city and state which never gives them it
They were created long before that. That's why.
I like him every since he step foot in working w. MTA it’s been some improvements vs how thing says to be🤷🏾♀️
The ppl man.. The ppl who rides or lay around the system doesnt make anything easier.. They are like animals down here.. Running for closing doors holding them open keeping the traind stationed. The homeless, whack jobs, crack heads, trouble makers, intoxicated etc and if you know your not feeling well dont get on the trains cuz not only your putting yout health at risk but once you pass out that train will not move till EMS or NYPD comes to rescue ya ass... To many ppl to many variables one person can jack the whole system..