New York's public transportation system isn't perfect, but its proper, punctual functioning is critical to the city's existence. Flaws and all, millions of New York natives and visitors log over 1 billion trips on the subway and bus systems each year.
On Monday, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced a $54 billion plan to renovate "the city's floundering transit network," according to Emma G. Fitzsimmons of the New York Times. The MTA's proposal announcement presents a detailed "wish list" of improvement projects to undertake over the next five years.
Plans include: modernizing subway signals along the Lexington Ave. Line, adding elevators to 70 stations to improve wheelchair accessibility, and extending the Second Ave. Subway north towards East Harlem.
In a recent news statement, MTA chairman Patrick J. Foye said, "At the end of this five-year period, New Yorkers will see a revitalized and modern system for the 21st century and beyond." While the idea of fixing the city's subways is obviously popular, convincing city, state, and federal leaders to provide the financing to back the project represents one hurdle MTA has yet to overcome.
There could be hope for a breakthrough, however. Fitzsimmons writes that Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, the person "who controls the subway and is perhaps the person most responsible for its fate, praised the plan and said the upgrades would give riders the 'transit system they deserve.'"
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Really, it costs 54B to replace some signals? Maybe figure out a better solutions first. The design culture in this country is broken.
Not much return for 54 billion.
There's a little more to it than signals.
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