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Janno Lieber

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
108 total appearances

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Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

Well, the bottom line is we're operating service on all subway lines, on all bus lines.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

There are some delays, partly because we have crews that live in New Jersey, and they're not able to get in because New Jersey Transit is out of business for today.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

Whoa, shade there in New Jersey, a little bit across Hudson River, Shane.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

No, but listen, everybody's different.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

We were able to survive this storm with, as I said, 15,000 people doing a ton of work.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

But the bottom line is we're running every line.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

Metro North is running 550 trains today.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

Long Island Railroad running 750 trains, both of them on kind of robust holiday schedules or weekend schedules.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

If you're listening, MTA commuter, check your train time app or your MTA website, mta.info, for specifics.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

But we're running service, and we're ready to keep that going as we go forward in the week.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

Listen, ice is the enemy of good service on rail, right?

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

So you have to run your de-icing trains constantly, make sure that the switches don't actually freeze up.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

And we have maintainers literally standing by our major switches, our major interlockings to constantly de-ice.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

But we got all the snow by running service yesterday right through the system.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

We got the snow off of the third rail.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

We've been maximizing our use of diesel engines on the commuter rails, which don't depend on the third rail.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

And we're going to keep at it.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

So there are new challenges brought on by icing, especially for the bus system, which is 100% chained.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

All the wheels are chained.

Bloomberg Talks
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Talks NYC's Storm Response

But we're going to keep managing through.