Transit Officials Celebrate New York’s Once and Future Subway
Now, New York City Transit Authority officials hope to build extensions that will define the idea of subways for the next 100 yearsquieter, greener, safer, more reliable and efficient. In the next five years, NYCTA plans to spend $4 billion on new design and construction, including $2.75 billion for the first segment of a new 8.5-mile Second Avenue line traversing Manhattans east side.
At the same time, the current system needs constant attention. Keeping it running for another 100 years is vital to New York Citys economic survival and transit officials emphasize that it will be the priority recipient of capital funding.