Transportation
NY’s MTA Outlines List of Improvements to Exceed $51.5 Billion
- Five-year capital plan includes 2,000 new cars, power upgrade
- Transit agency needs to modernize 100-year-old network
Commuters at the Times Square subway station in New York.
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New York City’s aging transit system needs 2,000 new subway and commuter rail cars, 60 miles of new subway tracks and upgraded power stations.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority previewed the laundry list of improvements on Monday as part of its 2025—2029 capital program, which funds infrastructure work across the agency’s network of subways, buses and commuter rail roads.