$16B Budget Shortfall Looms Over NY MTA

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Expect this to be a busy holiday travel week with

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Canada Day on Monday and the U.S.

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Independence Day on Thursday.

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Welcome to your Transit Unplugged News Minute.

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The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced it has a 16

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billion budget shortfall due to the governor stopping the congestion

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pricing toll that was to start in June.

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The MTA board met last week.

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They're saying there's nothing they can do without state approvals, so the

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agency has stopped the subway expansion plan, it won't be able to make stations

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wheelchair accessible, and it can no longer improve existing services.

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In Mississauga, Ontario, Metrolinx just completed a two year tunnel excavation

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project to extend its light rail.

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They excavated approximately 1.

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2 million metric tons of soil and rock.

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And North America's first federally compliant, self powered, zero

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emission passenger train arrived in San Bernardino County, California.

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Using hydrogen and battery technology, water vapor is the

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only emission generated, making this a clean transit choice.

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This Transit Unplugged News Minute is Modaxo.

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I'm Julie Gates.

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Thank you so much.