One Year After the MTA's 'Summer of Hell'

In July of 2017, MTA Chairman Joe Lhota announced the Subway Action Plan to stabilize New York City's transit system. Aaron Gordon, freelance transportation reporter and founder of Signal Problems, a weekly newsletter about the subway, discusses whether the MTA delivered on the plan. 

Re: subway improvements... @A_W_Gordon says he thinks we're mostly in the same place..."we're definitely not worse off," but it looks like the subway's performance hasn't improved much.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 26, 2018

Listeners, here's an unofficial snap poll: Are the subways any better than a year ago?

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@A_W_Gordon says complaining about the subway has always been a hobby among New Yorkers, but it was like the way you complained about relatives -- only WE were allowed to complain. But...it's not like that anymore.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 26, 2018

@A_W_Gordon says NYC Transit can only do as much as the funding they get to determine their own future. And right now that's very limited. The big elephant in the room is how much they spend on capital projects. pic.twitter.com/ZGAqhlRcV0

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 26, 2018