MTA: The Full 2nd Ave Subway Might Not Happen

The agency cited a technical problem with the Automatic Train Supervision (ATS) signal system as the cause of the slowdown. The system is in place on the numbered lines (except the 7) to control signals and switches from the rail control center, MTA

The agency cited a technical problem with the Automatic Train Supervision (ATS) signal system as the cause of the slowdown. The system is in place on the numbered lines (except the 7) to control signals and switches from the rail control center, MTA

"We heard last week about Meijer closing and when I came in on Monday I found out that Kroger on Davison Road is closing," said Edgar Benning, general manager and CEO of MTA. "We realized that it's going to have an impact on the people that we transfer 

While the MTA's capital plan dominated the hearing, Sen. Jack Martens complained about the cost of riding the Long Island Rail Road into the city. A one-way ticket from Mineola, L.I., to Penn Station costs as much as $20 if purchased on board a train

Even the MTA's less drastic numbers still point to slower service. More is at work here than meandering crowds of uncivilized cretins sullying the sacred shrine to transportation the the New York City subway once was. But the agency has no clear