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The MTA has been a bugaboo for me for years, especially the bus system.=
I don't think=20
they WANT to fix things. They certainly do't understand fixing things =
will improve service=20
and ut costs later. I also don't think the businesses tht depend on pe=
ople getting to work on=20
time, not frustrated, or angry, should put their muscle behind pushing =
the MTA to do its job. =20
If the companies in this city start speaking up, the Governor the Mayor=
, the politicians, and=20
the MTA will take immediate notice.
Mark
=20
On Monday, June 19, 2017 12:24:18 PM Ruben Safir wrote:
> https://www.amny.com/amp/transit/mta-signal-repairs-are-severely-lagg=
ing-cit
> y-report-says-1.13734437 translation - if the MTA doesn't get what it=
wants
> everyone is screwed
>=20
>=20
> Transit
> MTA signal repairs are severely lagging, city report says
>=20
> The No. 7 train signal system upgrade is slated to be finished this
> year, late and more than 50% over budget. The MTA is frequently delay=
ed
> and over budget when it comes to repairing its ancient signals,
> according to the city's Independent Budget Office. / Getty Images /
> Andrew Burton
>=20
> Updated June 13, 2017 2:38 PM By Vincent Barone
>=20
> The MTA has lagged in fixing the ancient signal system that=E2=80=99s=
a common
> cause of train delays, according to a new analysis.
>=20
> MTA signal repair and modernization projects are frequently delayed,
> according to the city=E2=80=99s Independent Budget Office, while the =
agency has
> allocated a smaller and smaller percentage of capital spending toward=
> those efforts.
>=20
> The IBO detailed its findings in a letter to Manhattan Borough Presid=
ent
> Gale Brewer that was published Tuesday, as the MTA continues its most=
> prominent delayed and over-budget signal system project: automating t=
he
> No. 7 train=E2=80=99s Flushing line.
>=20
> advertisement
>=20
> While high-profile MTA service failures have become more frequent in
> recent weeks and months, Brewer called the approach =E2=80=9Cintolera=
ble.=E2=80=9D
>=20
> =E2=80=9CIf the subway is New York City=E2=80=99s heart, then the mou=
nting delays and
> catastrophic service failures we=E2=80=99re seeing are congestive hea=
rt failure,
> threatening the very life of our city. The subway=E2=80=99s antiquate=
d signal
> system is a big reason why,=E2=80=9D Brewer said in a statement. =E2=80=
=9COur state
> government =E2=80=94 which actually controls the MTA =E2=80=94 must d=
o its part by
> finding and appropriating the $20 billion needed to overhaul the sign=
al
> system.=E2=80=9D
>=20
> The MTA budgets money to repair and modernize these signals in each
> five-year capital plan. Of the 33 signal upgrade and repair projects
> funded in the MTA=E2=80=99s previous two capital plans, 19 were compl=
eted behind
> schedule or are still ongoing and behind schedule, according to the
> IBO=E2=80=99s letter, dated June 11.
>=20
> In the current MTA capital plan, spanning from 2015 to 2019, the agen=
cy
> scheduled 14 signal projects to begin by the end of 2017, but eight o=
f
> those projects have been delayed. These delays range from two months =
to
> four years, the IBO found.
>=20
> In the meantime, subway delays have soared by more than 300 percent,
> from 18,255 in November 2012 to 60,274 in November 2016.
>=20
> The MTA has estimated that it could take 50 years to upgrade signalin=
g
> throughout its subway network. But plans to bring automated signaling=
,
> known as Communications-Based Train Control, to the Flushing line
> haven=E2=80=99t gone smoothly. The project is running late and more t=
han 50
> percent over budget. Once expected to be completed in November 2016 a=
t a
> cost of of $265.6 million, it=E2=80=99s now slated to be finished som=
e time this
> year for $405.7 million.
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> =E2=80=9CEveryone agrees that installing modern signals is a necessar=
y step
> towards restoring reliable transit service, but that sort of
> behind-the-scenes signal work has clearly not been a priority for Gov=
.
> Andrew Cuomo or his predecessors,=E2=80=9D said John Raskin, executiv=
e director
> of the Riders Alliance. =E2=80=9CThe governor should lay out a clear =
vision for
> how to get from today=E2=80=99s unacceptable level of service to a
> high-functioning, reliable transit system and he needs to communicate=
> that plan to the riding public, to state legislators who can fund it =
and
> to the MTA, which can make it happen.=E2=80=9D
>=20
> With exception of the L train, all subway lines rely on the same
> overarching signal system that has been in use since the subway=E2=80=
=99s
> inauguration in 1904. About 30 percent of the signal infrastructure i=
n
> that system hasn=E2=80=99t been updated since before 1965, according =
to MTA
> officials at a February MTA committee meeting.
>=20
> The percentage of transit system capital funding spent on subway sign=
al
> repair and modernization has dropped from 20 percent in the 2005-2009=
> capital plan to 17 percent in 2009-2014 and 14 percent in the current=
> plan. More than half the budgeted money is spent on repairs, rather t=
han
> upgrades or replacements, the IBO found.
>=20
> Beth DeFalco, a MTA spokeswoman, said the MTA is =E2=80=9Claser-focus=
ed on
> improving signals and service.=E2=80=9D
>=20
> =E2=80=9CThe MTA continues to aggressively upgrade the subway=E2=80=99=
s antiquated
> 1930=E2=80=99s era signals, including with a record $2.1 billion allo=
cated for
> signal improvements in this Capital Program,=E2=80=9D DeFalco said in=
a
> statement. =E2=80=9CThe IBO report fundamentally misunderstands how
> signalization improvements are made by equating dollars spent into
> delayed work.=E2=80=9D
>=20
> Some fed-up riders on Tuesday said they=E2=80=99d support lengthy ser=
vice
> shutdowns if that meant the MTA could address repairs more quickly.
>=20
> =E2=80=9CI=E2=80=99d rather them start shutting down service that won=
=E2=80=99t affect as many
> people and make it better for the future than to keep having these
> delays,=E2=80=9D said Melquan Middleton, 21, of East New York, at the=
Hudson
> Yards No. 7 train station. =E2=80=9CI have to leave home at least a h=
alf hour
> earlier just to make sure I=E2=80=99m there on time, because sometime=
s the
> delays can be 15 or 20 minutes.=E2=80=9D
>=20
> Looking ahead, the MTA has said it plans to automate signals next on =
the
> Eighth Avenue, Queens Boulevard and Culver lines.
>=20
> =E2=80=9CThere=E2=80=99s not enough buses, people can=E2=80=99t affor=
d cabs and gridlock is a
> nightmare, so it=E2=80=99s a predicament and I feel for the MTA,=E2=80=
=9D said Steven
> Ochs, 45, of Gramercy. =E2=80=9CI just want to get where I=E2=80=99m =
going as fast as
> possible, especially when it=E2=80=99s hot out, and not stand there w=
aiting on
> the platforms.=E2=80=9D
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; Looking ahead, the MTA has said it plans to automate signals next on =
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; =E2=80=9CThere=E2=80=99s not enough buses, people can=E2=80=99t affor=
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; possible, especially when it=E2=80=99s hot out, and not stand there w=
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; the platforms.=E2=80=9D
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