Brian Lear on WNYC with us now the CEO and chair of the MTA, Jano Leber,

after last week's derailment with dozens of injuries on the number one train at 96th Street,

a big possible flooding event in the weather

forecast for tomorrow that could affect mass transit, the congestion pricing

process nearing completion, the toll could start being charged this spring below 60th Street of Manhattan,

from what I've seen, maybe even a stake on what Penn Station renovation should be like, and

whether Amtrak should start running a one-seat ride from Long Island to Washington, D.C.

As apparently some people are talking about.

Chairman Lieber, never a dull moment when you run the MTA.

Welcome back to WNYC.

Great to be with you, Brian. And listeners, your questions.

Welcome for MTA Chair and CEO Jano Leber on all things, buses, subways, commuter rails, bridges and tunnels within the city and

yes congestion pricing.

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So what did happen with that collision and derailment

with a few days hindsight now on the number one train last week.

The investigation is still underway so I'm not going to get ahead of that but the basic facts

are there was an in-service passenger train, a number one train, you know it from your neighborhood, Brian.

It was moving normally, and then there was an out-of-service number one train that was on the adjacent track and it was being operated in

kind of manual mode because the brakes had been disabled by vandals and the

result was it was it had a red signal against us and yet it

proceeded as they were crossing onto the same track and they bumped into each

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