MTA Announces Plan to Test Innovative Solutions to Bus and Subway Challenges
Four Companies Chosen for MTA Pilot Projects Through the Transit Tech Lab
Press Conference Streamed Live at youtube.com/MTAinfo http://www.youtube.com/MTAinfo
At a press conference today, leadership from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority https://new.mta.info/ (MTA) and the Partnership for New York City https://pfnyc.org/ jointly announced the successful completion of the Transit Tech Lab https://transitinnovation.org/lab, an accelerator program that enables tech companies to test and introduce new products designed to improve transit services. Starting today, four of the six companies graduating from the accelerator will begin pilots with the MTA to implement products that address key subway and bus challenges.
“As the MTA experiences a period of historic reform, transformation, and innovation, we’re leveraging this new model for evaluating and introducing technologies that address some of our most critical challenges. The result is an inaugural Transit Tech Lab that far surpassed our expectations,” said Patrick Foye, Chairman & CEO of the MTA. “We are eager to develop these mobility technologies over the next year to improve subway and bus service for riders across New York City.”
“Thanks to the leadership of the MTA and the ingenuity of Transit Tech Lab finalists, New York City’s transit riders will benefit from mobility technologies designed to improve operations and customer service,” said Natalia Quintero, Director of the Transit Tech Lab.
Following a global competition last fall, in which nearly 100 companies participated, six finalists were selected for the inaugural class of the Transit Tech Lab. Over eight weeks, the companies worked closely with New York City Transit and MTA personnel to test how their products could improve service and custom