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The 2019 Outlook For The MTA

Bebeto Matthews
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AP
An MTA employee, center, uses a bullhorn to direct LIRR commuters to subway options at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn N.Y., as Amtrak begins emergency repair work at Penn Station in 2017.

Advocates for the environment say that one of the best ways to slow global warming is to get us out of our cars and into public transportation. For many of us, that would mean getting onto a train or bus to get to work and not getting behind the wheel. But that’s not practical for many. It’s not available, or it’s too expensive. On The Full Story today: