The MTA’s new everlasting head of subways and buses hopes to carry the gig longer than his most up-to-date predecessor, Andy Byford — however mentioned Tuesday that he has not spoken with the Brit whose jovial strategy earned him the adoration of New York and the nickname “Practice Daddy.”
“Hopefully it’s at the very least two years, hopefully, I’ll break some data,” Richard Davey, the previous Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation from 2011 to 2014, mentioned throughout his first NYC media look of how lengthy he plans to carry onto the job, which he begins on Could 2.
Byford helped deliver subway efficiency to report highs whereas serving within the position for simply 25 months. He resigned in February 2020 with harsh phrases for then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who he accused of creating the job “insupportable.”
Davey mentioned he has not spoken with town’s previous “Practice Daddy,” however did discuss to the girl who served as interim president from March 2020 by means of July 2021 after Byford stop, Sarah Feinberg.
“I've had an opportunity to speak to Sarah,” Davey advised reporters. “Getting recommendation on the place to focus and a number of the challenges that she noticed.”
Davey, who has consulted for transit companies throughout the globe, mentioned he hopes to deliver “finest practices” he’s discovered alongside the best way to the MTA — and pledged to prioritize “security, reliability and cleanliness.”
“Security is totally high precedence, and the safety of our system. I feel that’s job one,” he mentioned, whereas saying it might “take time” to deal with issues about crime, homelessness or psychological sickness.
Davey has not owned a automobile since 2010 and mentioned he plans to stay on a “subway or bus line,” most definitely in Manhattan.
He added that he plans to get within the weeds to deal with technical points just like the sign malfunction that snarled a number of subway traces for hours on Monday.
“I’m fascinated by digging extra into particulars of energy and sign and monitoring and stuff that’s not horny, there gained’t be ribbon cuttings [for], however, at the very least in my expertise in Boston, and taking a look at different transit programs around the globe, are usually the place the rubber meets the street and the place the problems are,” he mentioned.
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