“MTA’s Twitter Integration Limited Due to High Costs: Find out How to Get Real-Time Updates”

The New York Metropolitan Transport Authority MTA will only use Twitter to a limited extent, as if from a Bloomberg report emerges. The background is that Twitter wants 50,000 US dollars per month from the public transport authority for using the API. Among other things, delay information was sent to Twitter followers via the API.

That officially ended on April 28 (US Eastern Time). The MTA announced the termination of the Twitter services and referred to other offers. Although it is appreciated that passengers can be contacted via Twitter, Twitter is no longer reliable. The MTA disrupts the uncertainty of whether and when to communicate with passengers.

in one Tweet der New York Subway it was also explained that access to send out so-called service alerts was restricted last week as well as this week. The service alerts will therefore not be discontinued. The identical reports are still available via the website or the apps. Whatsapp and iMessage are also available as additional channels.

one Bloomberg report April 17 according to confirmed the problems. The API access was discontinued in the meantime and then released again – in each case without justification.

Several MTA Twitter accounts are affected by the discontinuation of real-time services. Including those of the Long Island Railroad, Metro North, the subway (New York Subway) and the bus service. According to the Bloomberg report, the accounts are still being monitored manually.

The MTA, which is suffering from financial problems, is apparently not already paying Twitter money for its services. The process gives reason to fear that Twitter – even with limited funds – has been urgently looking for additional sources of income since the takeover by Elon Musk and also wants to ask other public transport companies to pay.