We're modernizing public transit with technology.
The Transit Tech Lab provides an accelerated pathway for early to growth-stage companies to solve public transportation challenges for the largest transit agencies in North America.
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The Transit Tech Lab was founded by the Partnership Fund for New York City and the MTA to accelerate innovation in North America's largest public transit system. It is an initiative of the Transit Innovation Partnership, a broader public private partnership launched in 2018 by the MTA and the Partnership for New York City.
We enable public sector transit leaders to source, evaluate and pilot new solutions to their most critical challenges.
Since 2018 we've helped our transit partners test 51 new technology solutions, pilot 21 integrated solutions and deploy eight at scale.
750+
Applicants
51
Proof of Concepts
21
Pilots
8
Commercially-Scaled Technologies
Meet the transit tech companies that have shown what they can do in New York City
Leadership
Program leadership guides companies through the Transit Tech Lab’s application, evaluation, and testing processes via project management support and testing best practice advice.
Stacey Matlen
Senior Vice President, Innovation, Partnership for New York City
Liv Varghese
Manager, Transit Tech Lab
Executives in Residence
Leaders in the transit industry who provide mentorship to participating Transit Tech Lab companies.
Ronnie Hakim
National Transit and Rail Market Sector Leader, HNTB
Sally Librera
Senior Vice President, Transit Market Leader, Americas, AECOM
We bring extraordinary management expertise and venture relationships to amplify impact.
The Partnership Fund for New York City amplifies impact with access to large corporate partners and investors so that:
Public officials can accelerate change at reduced cost through expanded access to tech expertise and creative solutions.
Innovative tech companies gain exposure to NYC’s public agencies, our corporate partners and investors—and the opportunity to demonstrate their solutions at scale.
Industry leaders and investors get first look at what some of the world’s most promising tech companies can do.
Every New Yorker benefits from a better transit system and a more livable city.
Technology in the public interest is changing what's possible beyond transit.
Along with the Transit Tech Lab, the Partnership Fund for New York City also operates the Environmental Tech Lab in collaboration with the city's Department of Environmental Protection.
“This is not technology that ‘moves fast and breaks things’. This is tech that moves fast and fixes things. One challenge at a time, we are transforming our city's essential services and improving daily life for every New Yorker.”
