Sentences with phrase «improve city subways»

Nor does it specify how the $ 1.5 billion a year — from hefty surcharges on cars, trucks and for - hire vehicles to drive in congested areas of Manhattan — will actually be spent to improve city subways and buses.

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Funding included in the recently passed state budget will allow New York City subway cars to be repaired more quickly, Cuomo said while unveiling an effort aimed at improving service for a transit system notorious for frequent breakdowns.

The bill would direct a small portion of the city's sales tax revenue to pay for half of the transportation authority's $ 836 million, short - term plan to improve subway service.

The unveiling also comes alongside a new, ambitious plan to upgrade 31 of the city's subway stations with high - visibility entrances; technology integration including countdown clocks; better lighting; and improved wayfinding materials.

The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Jeff Klein, would direct a small portion of the city's sales tax revenue to pay for half of the transportation authority's $ 836 million, short - term plan to improve subway service.

Against a montage of state and city images — the Brooklyn Bridge, Nixon riding the L train — she lists off her platform, including improving health care, ending mass incarceration and «fixing our broken subway.»

«New leadership at both MTA and New York City Transit are laser - focused on delivering improved subway and bus service to City residents, quickly and efficiently,» Shames Tarek, an MTA spokesman, said in a statement.

The governor is also relying on some one - time revenues from bank settlements after the financial crisis, to pay for improving the New York City subways, funding hospitals and other health care providers, and paying for some day - to - day state operating expenses.

During nearly four hours of questioning at a state budget hearing on transportation spending, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota assured Senate and Assembly members that an $ 836 million «subway action plan» launched last summer to fix the city's subway system is improving service, although he admitted there still is plenty of work still to do.

He's emphasized his efforts to force Con Ed to improve the reliability of its electrical supply to the city's subways (while underplaying the role that the MTA's own electrical infrastructure plays in its ongoing subway problems) and launched a «genius» competition to find new ideas to fix the subways faster, and more cheaply.

$ 26 billion for New York City public transit system, replacing 3,100 buses and 1,400 subway cars, improve 30 subway stations.

The governor also is relying on some one - time revenues from bank settlements after the financial crisis to pay for improving the New York City subways, funding hospitals and other health care providers, and paying for some day - to - day state operating expenses.

Matthiessen expains the details of the Move New York plan and its place in this new, unique political moment — Governor Cuomo has recently said that he's looking at some version of a congestion pricing plan and there is immense attention on how the city and state can improve mass transit, reduce traffic congestion, and repair, sustain, and expand the subway and other transportation options.

Governor Cuomo has given MTA Chairman Lhota until July 31 to present a plan to stop the dramatic slide in subway performance, improve predictability and reliability, and restore New York City residents» faith in their transit system.

«Regardless of the form that such financial support may take, it is absolutely imperative that the city's money go directly to improving the subways and nothing else,» he said.

In recent days, he has released a roster of ideas for improving the city, from trying out a single - payer, Medicare - like program for all uninsured people in the city to providing cellphone service on subway platforms.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer on Sunday proposed a $ 3.5 billion bond act to fund state transportation projects that would earmark 60 percent of the cash to improve the city's ailing subway sysCity Comptroller Scott Stringer on Sunday proposed a $ 3.5 billion bond act to fund state transportation projects that would earmark 60 percent of the cash to improve the city's ailing subway syscity's ailing subway system.

This event will tackle issues raised by the public through By the City / For the City, ranging from concepts for utilizing forgotten infrastructure to ideas for improving the subway.

«When told the city will use the revenue to improve the subway, train, and bus systems, 53 percent of the public supported the idea, while 42 percent opposed it.»

But by using it, you just might be improving the future of public transportation — and the New York City subway can use all of the help it can get.