New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority

The meeting provided an update on workplace violence, specifically focusing on assaults on employees, including statistical data for 2023, 2024, and 2025 comparing assault numbers and rates per million rides. Key agency-wide initiatives discussed include the Workplace Violence Prevention Policy, Training Program, organizational commitment from NYS and MTA leadership, and the role of a Criminal Justice Advocate. Ongoing initiatives were detailed across various branches: MNR & LIRR (customer messaging, incident hotline, security deployments), C&D (engagement, assessments), B&T (training compliance), NYCT Buses (compartment enclosures, louver pilot, strategic deployments), NYCT Subway (camera installation, platform barriers, de-escalation training), and MTAPD (officer training, post-incident reviews). Furthermore, the update presented details on recent MTA employee assault convictions from occurrences in 2023, 2024, and 2025, outlining the resulting prison sentences after guilty pleas in 2025.

This document outlines the strategic plan for MTA Construction & Development, reviewing 2025 achievements and setting priorities for 2026 and beyond. It focuses on three core strategic pillars: executing the capital program efficiently, planning for the future, and building organizational capacity. The plan aims to deliver projects better, faster, and cheaper, improve system reliability and accessibility, enhance sustainability and resilience, and foster competitive, diverse capacity while growing in-house talent and leveraging data and technology, largely within the framework of the 2025-2029 Capital Plan.

This document presents data for MTA's active Fuel Hedging Program for Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD), covering months from February 2026 to December 2027. It details gallons hedged, the percentage of expected purchases, weighted average hedge prices, and forecasted commodity prices. The program aims to mitigate budget risk by dollar-cost averaging approximately 50% of projected fuel expenses, with a goal to maintain this level for the next 12 months. It notes that while compressed natural gas is included in the program, there are currently no active hedges for it.

The meeting focused on presenting data regarding the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) response to a recent blizzard. The key discussion points involved quantitative metrics across various agencies: Long Island Rail Road mobilized 1,800 employees, utilized 15 plow trucks, and applied 500 third rail scraper shoes; Metro-North Railroad mobilized 850 employees, tested 400 pieces of snow-fighting equipment, and inspected 550 switch heaters; NYCT Buses mobilized 3,000 employees with 27 snow-fighting vehicles and chained the entire fleet; and NYCT Subways mobilized 12,300 employees and used 380 tons of rock salt. The presentations emphasized that preparation was critical for preserving service and keeping riders safe, specifically mentioning the LIRR service suspension.

The Safety Committee meeting focused on safety and security metrics across operating agencies. New York City Transit and Bridges & Tunnels showed declines in employee lost-time injuries and customer accident rates, with NYCT reporting major crimes at their lowest levels since 2019. LIRR reported its year-to-date customer accident rate and detailed outreach efforts, including Operation Lifesaver events and the removal of unauthorized encampments. MNR's customer injury rate remained stable overall but showed monthly improvement since August 2025, attributed to safety initiatives stemming from a 2024 assessment. MNR successfully conducted an annual emergency preparedness exercise simulating a portable electric scooter fire. Discussions also covered a request to evaluate the reduction in MTAPD summonses, follow-up on navigation apps leading drivers onto tracks, an increase in C&D reportable injuries potentially due to enhanced reporting, monitoring of drug and alcohol enforcement on construction projects, and a plan to focus on bus collisions at the next meeting. The committee also discussed the notification process for malfunctioning security cameras.