Sentences with phrase «subway signal system»
More broadly, she urged a joint City / State effort at expediting upgrades of the subway signal system and said that as mayor she would willingly increase the City's financial contribution to the MTA for such an effort.
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It was another miserable morning on New York City's subway after delays snarled more than a dozen lines today, with an antiquated signal system blamed for many of the problems.
amNewYork article on Borough President Adams calling on the MTA to prioritize modernizing the subway's signaling system in response to a report by the New York City Independent Budget Office.
This report came right on the heels of a detailed New York Times dive into the MTA's outdated signal system, which you'll know from the much - hated signal problems that seem to cause most of the subway's delays lately.
His idea of modernizing the subway system was adding Wi - Fi and digital displays — not fixing the 1930s - era signal system or the hundred - year - old tunnels.
Governor Andrew Cuomo and some MTA officials argue that the technology could modernize the subway's aging signal system in just under a decade, instead of a more traditional approach that would take far longer.
The plan's short - term fixes will cost about $ 836 million to implement, while Phase 2 — which involves new signaling systems, new subway cars, and other items — is estimated to cost about $ 8 billion.
His Republican opponent in November's mayoral election, Nicole Malliotakis, said she would hand over the funding and work with the governor to find a new revenue stream to focus on in order to replace the subways» ancient signal system with a modern alternative.
More than 20 of Brooklyn's elected officials penned a letter to Cuomo urging him to rescind his plan to grant Long Island commuters a 25 percent fare reduction and instead use the funds to repair the subway system's ailing signals.
Last month, Mayor Bill de Blasio scored what seemed to be a win in his ongoing feud with Governor Andrew Cuomo over the deteriorating subway system: The city was able to temporarily block more than $ 200 million in upgrades, as part of the MTA's Enhanced Station Initiative, that would bring improvements to subway stops — but not the system's aging signals or other issues the city deemed more pressing.
After a review from the city's Independent Budget Office highlighted steadily shrinking funding toward the MTA signal system — the ancient, frequently failing traffic lights of the subway — Cuomo pledged an extra billion in state money toward the $ 32.5 billion MTA capital plan.
The people of Queens have endured years of overnight and weekend subway closures so a modern signal system can be installed on the 7 line.
Many of the signals in the city's subway system are decades old, and when they break, they often take hours to fix, forcing the agency to reroute, delay or cancel dozens of trains.
«The subway's antiquated signal system is a big reason why... This is intolerable.»
Last month, the authority released a six - point plan to reduce subway delays, and Mr. Cuomo began a competition to find new ways to upgrade the signal system more quickly.
«If some of the billions that have been spent over the years on the film and tax credit were spent instead on upgrading the subway's signal system, this might have been the cool summer instead of the summer of hell.»
She also pointed out that the agency is investing $ 2.1 billion, the most ever, to upgrade antiquated signal systems which are also the cause of delays and pointed to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's upcoming genius competition to fix the subway.
The subway's antiquated signal system is blamed for many of the delays.
At the end of July, Lhota unveiled the NYC Subway Action Plan: an $ 836 million short - term plan to yield upgrades within a year and an $ 8 billion long - term plan that focuses on long - term improvements, such as better subway cars, the adoption of a new signal system and modern communications technology.
He particularly pointed to a need for signal replacements and «sag correctors» that would help the subway system deal with power frequency variables.
The second phase, which will cost $ 8 billion, will focus on long - term improvements such as better subway cars, a new signal system and modern communications technology.
The M.T.A.'s $ 32 billion capital plan is supposed to keep the transportation system in a state of decent repair, enabling it to buy new buses and subway cars, and new signals allowing trains to run more closely together, among many other things.
Cuomo told the MTA to hold a «Genius Award» contest to find the best ideas on how to overcome the seemingly unfixable subway problems of the ancient signal system, the aging fleet of cars, and the lack of cellular and wi - fi connections on trains and in tunnels.
Mr. Cuomo announced the emergency plan after months of constant disruptions and coverage by The New York Times about the decrepit state of the subway, including its fragile signal system and increasingly malfunctioning trains, and the escalating financial cost to riders.