MTA Reorganization Plan

[daveklepper]

> MTA Announces Creation of Online Budget Transparency Portal > > User-Friendly, Graphic Interface Increases Online Transparency; Visit > new.mta.info/budget <http://new.mta.info/budget> to Learn More >  > The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that the > agency has created a new online budget portal that allows users to view MTA > budget information in an open, user-friendly way online. The budget portal > is available at new.mta.info/budget <https://new.mta.info/budget>. The > online portal includes short explainers with an overview of the budget > process, key elements of the MTA’s capital and operating budgets, and > information on how each budget works. >  > “Our goal is to make budget information as clear and approachable as > possible,” said MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick J. Foye. “The public has a > right to access information on the sources or uses of the funds that are so > vital to our operations, and we want to make getting this information as > easy as possible. If there are ways we can build on this portal to make it > even easier to use, we’re ready to listen and improve it further.” >  > The new portal also includes an interactive budget visualization, which > shares key tables from the budget books in a downloadable format. The > interactive budget visualization includes these sections: > Where the Dollars Come From/Go > How We Balance the Budget and Plan for the Future > Capital Commitments > Statement of Operations by Agency (Accrual Basis and Cash Basis) > Statement of Operations by Category (Accrual Basis and Cash Basis) > Information in these segments has long been provided to the public via > printed budget books distributed at board meetings and posted online. The > new budget portal makes this information available for the first time in a > digital-friendly way. >  > Andrew Rein, President of the Citizens Budget Commission, said: “The new > open data portal is an important step forward in transparency and will help > New Yorkers, riders and budget watchdogs like the CBC better understand and > analyze the MTA’s finances.” >  > Jaqi Cohen, Straphangers Campaign Director, said: “The Straphangers Campaign > applauds Chairman Foye and the MTA for unveiling its new and transparent > open budget portal, complete with budget data presented in an open data > format as well as a new interactive dashboard for riders to better > understand the MTA's finances. The creation of this new budget portal is a > big step forward by the MTA towards better accountability to the public, and > overall is a win for riders.” >  > Rachel Haot, Executive Director of the Transit Innovation Partnership, said: > “Congratulations to MTA Chairman and CEO Pat Foye on the launch of the MTA’s > new budget data portal. Open data is the foundation of an innovative > organization, and this milestone underscores the MTA’s commitment to > continuous improvement.” >  > Lisa Daglian, Executive Director, Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to > the MTA (PCAC), said: “We're really excited about the MTA’s new budget > transparency website and the overall move toward more open data. Riders will > now have more resources to understand where the money to operate and rebuild > the region’s transit network is coming from, and going, as the budget is > being discussed, debated and dispersed.” >  > Rachael Fauss, Senior Research Analyst for Reinvent Albany, said: “Reinvent > Albany thanks the MTA, Chairman/CEO Pat Foye, and his team for a solid start > towards meeting the Chairman/CEO’s April 2019 pledge to overhaul the MTA’s > open data and Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) processes. Dating back to > 2012, we and the NYC Transparency Working Group asked the MTA to publish > financial information as open data. We are glad to see the Budget > Transparency webpage and hope to see much more MTA fiscal data released as > part of a renewed commitment to comply with Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order > 95 of 2013, which created the NYS Open Data portal.” >  > The creation of the budget portal coincides with additional ways the MTA is > improving transparency and better ways for the public to find out about > MTA’s performance.

 

 

[BaltACD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Jw_v3F_Q0

[Electroliner 1935]

I sometimes think the inmates are running the prison. Work rules and union agreements seem to override any plans to streamline operations. I am reminded of the bird feeding its chicks. How will the MTA allocate its resources? Time will tell.

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[charlie hebdo]

I had no idea the MTA was such a mess. 

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

I scanned the plan rather quickly, and it appears that some thought was put into this plan.  That being said, it is a starting point and while some consolidation would be quite useful, some of it appears to be overreaching and won't happen.

[Overmod]

Mandated by State legislature; developed by consulting.  Here is the PDF, more usually developed than these presentations usually are, covering the points to be included in the plan.