The MTA Facing 'Financial Calamity'

A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) subway train runs above ground with fewer riders than usual, as state and city officials urged people to stay home amid the COVID-19 outbreak 3/18/20.

As ridership plummets on the subway, buses and commuter rail lines, Stephen Nessen, WNYC transportation reporter, reports on the MTA's request for a federal bailout and other transportation issues.