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“The Metropolitan Transportation Authority today released a public-service message on COVID-19 vaccination from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.”
That would be the dry way of putting what is in the embedded video, which is a moving tribute to the circulatory system of the city by a gravel-voiced national hero and former New Yorker. In the two-minute video, Fauci recounts the train rides of his boyhood and then pivots to exhort transit workers to get vaccinated with a bit of love: “And so since I care about you all, I strongly encourage all MTA workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.”
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January 19, 2021
FTA Awards Grants to Help Transit Tackle COVID-19 Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
The City of Portland, Ore., will receive $439,950 to replace Portland Streetcars’ cloth seat coverings with “easy-to-sanitize” vinyl; educate riders with new message boards at stops; and hire public health-trained staff to ensure vehicles are properly sanitized and the system is adhering to public health guidelines.
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is distributing $15.8 million to 37 transit projects through its new Public Transportation COVID-19 Research Demonstration Grant Program.
Announced in October, the program was created following transit agency requests that FTA support research addressing COVID-19-related operational challenges.
MTA receives $600K grant to study spread of coronavirus on mass transit
Updated Jan 20, 2021;
Posted Jan 20, 2021
The MTA has received a $600,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration to study the spread of the novel coronavirus on mass transit. (Andrew Cashin/MTA New York City Transit)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The MTA has received federal funding to study how the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) travels through mass transit.
On Tuesday, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced various selected projects for the Public Transportation COVID-19 Research Demonstration Grant Program, including a $600,000 grant for the MTA to study how the virus moves on the Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road.