New York City Transit President Richard Davey joined “Mornings On 1” Wednesday to discuss the MTA’s response to intense rainfall overnight and provide an update on the investigation into last week’s train collision.
While the morning commute was marred by some remaining rain and wind, there was virtually no weather impacts to subway or bus service, according to the MTA.
Davey expressed gratitude for the lack of weather disruptions while emphasizing the preparedness of transit crews to handle any potential issues.
“We pre-preposition crews, we also clear catch basins and clean as well, to make sure that we're as best prepared as possible to handle whatever water comes our way,” he said.
However, he did acknowledge that more severe weather can still hit our area and assured that crews would remain ready.
“We haven't had snow in over a year and a half. But, Mother Nature's frisky, we'll probably see something soon, right. We've got more rain in the forecast, I think, coming up and cold weather coming soon. So whatever she has in store will be ready,” he said.
Meanwhile, Davey also readdressed last week’s train collision on the 1, 2 and 3 line at 96th Street in Manhattan, saying the National Transportation Safety Board is nearing the conclusion of its investigation, and the MTA is committed to implementing measures to prevent more such accidents.
“The good news is these are rare. I think someone once said that you can go millions of trips a year on the subway system without this kind of an accident, yet on our roadway, every 70,000 trips, there's an accident like this," he said. "But look, we got work to do to make sure this doesn't happen again. And, the investigation with the NTSB, once that's complete, we'll move forward.”