The MTA is now part of the Meridian app, which provides comprehensive details on the wide variety of permanent artwork installed throughout the subway and rail system in New York.
"This is a phenomenal use of technology," said MTA Chairman Joseph J. Lhota. "This app will help our customers recognize that New York's transportation system, besides helping 8.5 million people get to work every day, is a world-class art museum with works by many of the most renowned artists of the 20th and 21st centuries."
Available for both Android and iPhone, the app allows visitors to select a work of art in the New York City Subway, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, and MTA Bridges and Tunnels and then learn more about it on their mobile phone.
The app provides background information about each piece of art and its significance, as well as video and audio clips featuring its artists at select stations.
Works within the app are organized by subway or railroad line and artist. You can browse through the art available on a particular line, or check out what's available in the MTA system by a particular artist. The app also offers turn-by-turn directions to installations, and trip planning if you want to plan an art ride through the transit system.