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To upgrade signals, the M.T.A. plans to spend $7 billion. But the much-needed repairs could mean fewer trains on nights and weekends. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Rebecca Liebson New Yorkers have ...
The MTA’s contractors will use devices called axle counters to more efficiently install the signal equipment between 59th St.-Columbus Circle and High St.
There was a malfunctioning subway signal on nearly every morning rush hour last year — 230 work days, totaling 92%, according to an analysis by Riders Alliance, a grassroots group, of alerts.
An MTA signal maintainer caught up in the massive scandal where more than 1,000 TWU Local 100 workers dangerously falsified countless safety records will be arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court to… ...
MTA says congestion pricing will go toward improving subway signal system 02:13. NEW YORK -- How does the MTA plan to spend the money raised by congestion pricing?Officials say a big priority is ...
Emergency Plan Spends Modestly on Signals, Subway’s Biggest Woe [NYT] MTA chair unveils extensive, $836M action plan to fix ailing NYC subway [Curbed] More From Curbed NY ...
According to the MTA, train speeds have recently increased at nearly 300 locations throughout the subway system due to ongoing work during the COVID-19 pandemic to fix and replace faulty signals.
A signal on the fixed-block system, at right, which is in use throughout much of the subway system. Shutterstock Of all the stock excuses given to explain a stalled train or a delay in service on ...
MTA Targeting Fast Fixes, Signals To Help Speed Up Subway Service. March 18, 2019 / 1:36 PM EDT / CBS New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) ... signal problems are to blame.
A spate of MTA power outages and switch and signal problems this week have led to longer-than-normal waits at sweltering stations and more-miserable-than-usual summer commutes. On Monday trains on ...
The MTA is making signal upgrades on the 'A', 'C', and 'E' lines that will disrupt service on six lines. The MTA is modernizing the 8th Avenue line to allow trains to run closer to each other.