MTA API is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check.
Live NYC-area transit: subway, bus, PATH, NJ Transit, LIRR, Metro-North, NYC Ferry, Citi Bike.
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.
MTA API does not always answer
Over the last week it answered 33.5% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.
Connect this server
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 0 min ago.
claude mcp add mta-api --transport http https://www.mtaapi.dev/mcphttps://www.mtaapi.dev/mcp[mcp_servers.mta-api]
url = "https://www.mtaapi.dev/mcp"{
"mcpServers": {
"mta-api": {
"url": "https://www.mtaapi.dev/mcp"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mta-api": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://www.mtaapi.dev/mcp"
}
}
}Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.mtaapi.dev/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 86 ms | 0 min ago |
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