The US Department of Transportation has set a 30-day deadline for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to create a plan to improve worker safety. Failure to comply may result in a loss of up to 25 percent of federal transit funding. This warning follows previous incidents, including the death of a transit worker and a rise in safety incidents. Federal authorities have been concerned about the increasing number of near-misses, emphasizing the urgent need for MTA to address these safety risks to its employees.
The United States Department of Transportation has threatened to withhold up to 25 percent of federal transit funding from New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) over safety risks to its maintenance workers.
In August 2024, the transit administration issued a special directive calling on the MTA to take action to address an escalating pattern of safety incidents involving its workers.
The warning was the latest tit-for-tat between the Trump administration and state and local officials over funding for public transportation.
Federal officials previously raised concerns about a sharp rise in near-misses, which increased 58 percent between 2022 and 2023 in the New York City transit system.
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