Subways Subways The New York MTA has plans to extend the 7 (Flushing Local) subway line westerward from its terminus in Times Square to a new terminus at 11th Avenue and 34th Street. ...more on Wikipedia about "7 Line Extension"
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has plans to upgrade the entire New York City subway system with fiber optic Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) technology that will control the speed and starting and stopping of subway trains. This technology upgrade (which is already used on subway systems such as Bay Area Rapid Transit) will allow trains to be operated at closer distances (increasing capacity), with greatly enhanced safety compared to the current analog signalling/human control system, and will allow the MTA to keep track of trains in real time and provide more information to the public regarding train arrivals and delays. The MTA is testing out CBTC on the L subway line (14th Street-Carnarsie) and plans to implement CBTC on the entire system by 2050. ...more on Wikipedia about "L Line Automation"
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated, or metro system is a railway system, usually in an urban area, that usually has high capacity and frequency, with large trains and total or near total grade separation from other traffic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rapid transit"
The Second Avenue Line, usually called the Second Avenue Subway (SAS), refers to a series of public works projects and engineering studies undertaken to construct a subway underneath Second Avenue in New York City's borough of Manhattan. A dream for more than three quarters of century, Second Avenue has yet to see significant progress towards this goal. The SAS is often cited as a particularly egregious example of bureaucratic largesse and government ineptitude. However, the reasons for its failure thus far are varied and complex. ...more on Wikipedia about "Second Avenue Line"
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