MTA Touts Best Subway Performance in Years

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• Subway performance in the Big Apple is the best it has been in five years, the MTA claims [hhmc]

• MTA said weekday on-time performance (OTP) for March was about 78.2 percent, an increase from 65.2 percent during the same time last year[hhmc]

• The transportation agency also said that delays, major incidents and track fires are down [hhmc]

Subway performance in the Big Apple is the best it has been in five years, the MTA claims.

The transportation agency said weekday on-time performance (OTP) for March was about 78.2 percent, an increase from 65.2 percent during the same time last year. According to the MTA, this is the highest OTP since November 2013.

MTA officials also noted that weekday major incidents totaled 50 for the month of March. This number is down 40 percent from 84 incidents in March 2018.

Additionally, according to the MTA, weekday delays in March were 37,667 — a reduction of 40 percent from March 2018.

MTA: Best Subway Performance in 5 Years

The decrease in delays meets President Andy Byfords recently announced goal of reducing average monthly delays by 18,000; the previous goal was 10,000.

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