The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board of directors recently advanced $1.75 billion in key transit projects that will modernize the subway system.
“Nearly one year in, congestion pricing has already sped up traffic and cleaned our air, and now it is supporting generational upgrades to our subway system,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said. “We’ve already shown what we can do when we support transit — ridership continues to climb and subway performance is at record highs. When these projects are completed, hundreds of thousands of riders will benefit from even more reliable and accessible service thanks to these significant investments.”
The MTA board approved a design-build contract to modernize subway signals on the A and C lines in Brooklyn and Queens, and approved accessibility upgrades to five subway stations.
The project will bring Communications-Based Train Control to the Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn and the Liberty Avenue Line in Queens between Jay Street-MetroTech and Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd stations and repair and replace switches, install upgraded tunnel lighting and run cabling to support the deployment of cellular service through the tunnels. The agency is in the process of adding more R211 subway cars to the A and C lines. R211s are equipped with technology that seamlessly integrates with CBTC signals.