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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) Facebook Share 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...

The nation’s largest transit operator is testing new technologies to try to figure out how to move people safely during the coronavirus pandemic. So far, it hasn’t been easy.

Dec. 15, 2020 6:00 am ET Transit officials in New York are teaming up with the Department of Homeland Security and Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study how to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus on buses and trains. If—and how much—the virus spreads on mass transit is a stubborn question. Ridership is down in cities around the world largely due to people working from home and businesses closing, but also because of fear of contracting the virus. Studies and reports this year have drawn conflicting conclusions about the extent to which the virus spreads on mass tran...

On a regular basis. the mistakes that are made, i think he sees them as just part of the, you know, noise and the chaos that surrounds this. also, it also helps to trickle out the bad news. maybe there is a method in the madness, in terms of what giuliani has been doing, leaking out or dropping small pieces he knows are going to come ultim e ultimately, to lessen the damage when, ultimately, we see a final whatever the report is that comes out from robert mueller. >> you think the president eventually fires him? >> it's hard to say. >> can he fire someone you're not paying? >> what? >> can you...