The MTA today announced it has launched a comprehensive digital archive — searchable by date and time — of all service alerts issued since October 2008.
The agency uploaded more than 58,600 alerts for subways, buses, LIRR, Metro-North, and bridges and tunnels on its Web site.
The archive also includes the exact date and time of the alerts — which are issued via text and email — down to the hundredth of a second.
Before today, the only way to access that type of info was to subscribe to the MTA’s alert service and save all of the messages.
To find the alerts, click on the “Transparency” tab on MTA.info, then click “Email/Text Message Alert Archive.”
The MTA also tweaked its “TripPlanner+” function to take service disruptions into account.
Under the revised “TripPlanner,” riders will be told if the fastest way to get to their destination occurs on a line that is experiencing delays or other service-related issues at the time of the request.
The planner will inform riders of the best alternative routes to avoid delays.
“This one change means that TripPlanner+ moves from being essentially a static service that lets customers plan trips in an idealized abstract universe to one that understands and acknowledges how our system is working in real time,” said Paul Fleuranges, Senior Director for Corporate and Internal Communications.
“Our customers asked for this, and we’re delivering.”
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