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Janno Lieber

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

We did that last night with some extra service late, late.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

And now we're going to be focused on orderly resumption of service, hopefully in time

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

to operate tomorrow when the world will be getting a little bit back to normal.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

So that's the approach that we take.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

Safety first, you know, and taking account of where the snow accumulations and the drifting may have impacted on service.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

You know, one thing to bear in mind is in our big train yards, that's where we tend to get the biggest drifting issues.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

And sometimes that inhibits your ability to put cars

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

into the system, into service.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

So we'll be digging out from in the yards and making sure that, again, the third rail and the tracks themselves are clear of snow.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

It's part of the deal when you sign up to work for the MTA that you may have to come in under extreme circumstances.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

When the rest of the world is being told to stay home, our workers are being told to come in, and they do.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

They worked through the night.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

They worked heavily yesterday.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

We got 70,000 employees at the MTA.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

Thousands of them have been out.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

Many of them have slept in

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

You know, in bus garages or in the rail control center where our head of subway spent the night, at the bus command center, it's part of the deal working for the NTA.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

And I talked to Governor Hochul in the last hour or two, and she's really focused on, you know, tip of the hat to the workforce.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

I'll tell you the absolute truth.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC Blizzard

I have no idea whatsoever.