Google Public Sector, which partners with government agencies, last year installed across trains Pixel smartphones that could ...

Google partnered with the MTA on a pilot program that involved using sounds recorded on smartphones attached to trains to detect track issues before they occur.

After the preschool years, kids still like cartoons, but they want something more complex than straightforward messages about friendship and sharing. They like a bit of conflict, some bad guys (who ...

Google's TrackInspect relies on the phone's suite of accelerometers, magnetometers, and gyroscopes, as well as additional microphones mounted to subway cars to feel and listen for ...

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threw on his noise-canceling headphones and listened through five- to 10-minute snippets of track noise to sort the regular subway din from audio signatures of track trouble. “I would listen to ...

The MTA, which has issued $900 million in debt for the congestion system infrastructure costs and capital projects, projected on Monday that is on track to raise $500 million in net revenue the ...

NEW YORK -- Eighteen people were injured after a track fire was reported on the No.1 subway track, filling a New York City station with smoke, MTA officials said. Thick gray smoke billowed out of ...

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (WABC) -- 18 people were injured after a track fire was reported on the No.1 subway track, filling the station with smoke, MTA officials said. Thick gray smoke billowed out of ...

From February 26 through March 14, the Central Subway tunnel will be closed while crews work to resolve water intrusion issues at Chinatown-Rose Pak Station. Central Subway tunnel will be temporarily ...