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October 12, 2015

Future of NYC transit hinges on funding fight

  • The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has a $29 billion modernization plan that would add high-tech control systems, replace old subway cars and buses and expand service.
    • By DAVID KLEPPER and JONATHAN LEMIRE
    Associated Press

    NEW YORK — The New York subway system was a gleaming symbol of American ingenuity when it opened in 1904. Now it rattles along past aging stops, controlled by cloth-insulated electrical wiring and signal devices almost as old as the tunnels themselves.

    The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has a $29 billion modernization plan that would add high-tech control systems, replace old subway cars and buses and expand service on North America's largest transit system. But a dispute over who should pay for the work threatens to undermine the work.


     
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