Dive Brief:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit President Andy Byford proposed a 10-year modernization of the city’s transportation systems, a schedule that has been reduced by 75% from the agency’s previous timeline of 40 years. The revised plan’s costs have been estimated at between $19 billion and $37 billion, depending on various news outlets’ sources.
Within five years, the Fast Forward Plan would see a new signal system installed on five subway lines; approximately 50 new subway stations made accessible and repairs made to 150;
