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MTA Deploys Crews Amid Severe Weather Threats to Service

2 reports, 2 independent Updated Sep 26
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The MTA is managing service disruptions due to severe weather, including an incoming Nor’easter. Officials stated that damaging winds are the primary concern, requiring crews to be deployed to strategic locations across the regional network. The MTA is preparing for potential issues on the low-lying and flood-prone Hudson line and the overhead catenary power lines used by the Metro-North Railroad.

From nydailynews.com

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The agency is preparing for potential service impacts by having debris trains, trucks, and chainsaws ready. Operational measures include securing buses to stand by for the Metro-North lines and deploying flood mitigation tools at Coney Island and Howard Beach stations. Furthermore, the MTA has banned empty tractor-trailers and tandem-trailer trucks from bridge crossings it controls, effective midnight Friday through the weekend.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is a public transportation organization in New York City, USA.

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    Chair and CEO of New York State's Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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