FCC Proposes Plan for New York Authority's PTC Needs
The FCC Wireless Bureau proposed to modify two 218-219 MHz stations operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York, providing the authority with spectrum to improve the reliability of its positive train control system in four counties. The…
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bureau proposed modifying Station KIVD0002 by authorizing the use of an additional 250 KHz of spectrum from the commission’s inventory “where additional spectrum is required to enhance the reliability” of the system. MTA must return “a like amount of spectrum from Station KIVD0001,” the bureau said Friday: “That spectrum would become unassigned and available for future disposition as determined by the Commission, and would result in a net gain of spectrum to the Commission.” MTA has 30 days to protest the proposed order.