The New York Subway’s C line yesterday inaugurated the first “airplane” style subway cars in the US, a seamless model that allows passengers to walk freely from the tip of the train to the tail., making it easier to find a seat and get in and out faster.
In the midst of the MTA celebration, Lawsuits opposing the controversial tolling of car drivers to reduce congestion in Manhattan threaten funding for this and other innovations, recognized the governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, when putting the first train with an open gangway into service yesterday morning.
The new R211T trains have an accordion-type connection between cars, very similar to MTA buses, designed to speed up boarding and reduce the amount of time trains stay in stations. They are also very useful in case passengers have to move if they feel their safety is threatened.
For now, only two “trains of the future” on the C line are running between Washington Heights (Upper Manhattan) and East New York (Brooklyn). Hochul’s maiden voyage marked the first time an open-bridge train operated in the modern history of U.S. subway transportation, he noted. ABC News.
In the middle of the last century, other New York Subway cars also allowed free internal movement, but obviously without the advances of today.
Unlike other foreign cities, “This will be the first time these railcars are deployed in North America,” Hochul noted.
But the money needed to pay for new trains and other MTA improvements is in jeopardy.then financing for trains and to improve signals on the A line that passes through Rockaway and Brownsville depends on the approval of congestion pricing, officials recalled.
“We want to ensure that we can adequately fund our five-year capital plan and that depends on the continuation of the plan to move forward with congestion pricing without further delays,” Hochul said.
MTA CEO and Chairman Janno Lieber said New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and other officials have filed what he called “frivolous lawsuits” that could derail new trains and other projects. Staten Island County (NYC) also opposes the controversial toll to circulate in Manhattan.
The plan has been controversial since its inceptionespecially among private transport drivers. Bhairavi Desai, director of the Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA), said in a statement that the rate plan is “a reckless proposal that will devastate an entire workforce.”
2024-02-02 13:47:00
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