All aspects of the New York City transit system are operating safely following this morning’s earthquake, the Metropolitan Transport Authority, which runs the city's subway and other forms of public transit, said.
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said every part of the transit system operated safely during the earthquake, as well.
He said initial facility inspections have been completed, including inspections of the seven bridges the MTA operate.
“I want to emphasize those were designed to withstand much stronger seismic impact than we experienced today,” he added.
According to the MTA website, MTA Bridges and Tunnels (B&T) serves more than 900,000 vehicles on an average day. In 2019, it carried more traffic than any bridge and tunnel authority in the nation — more than 329 million vehicles, the MTA says.
Lieber said MTA frontline staff have been directed to report any abnormalities in the system, but he said nothing had been flagged so far.