Around Brooklyn: Bleak days for NYC subway system
Bleak days for NYC subway system
The New York subway system as entered some of its worst days, according to The New York Times. It’s hard to say what it will lead to, but past crises suggest the elimination of more subway and bus lines, longer wait times and more breakdowns with less money spent on upkeep. “We don’t want to turn the clock back to the bad old days of the MTA, when state of good repair and system expansion was gutted to balance operating budgets,’’ said Patrick J. Foye, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The agency, which operates the city’s subways, buses and two commuter rails, faces a shortfall of up to $8.5 billion even after temporarily scaling back service and receiving a $3.8 billion federal bailout according to transit leaders and fiscal experts.
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