new MTA analysis<\/a> examined more than 70 bottleneck locations where trains often get stuck. Many happen where multiple lines share the same tracks or where track layouts limit train speeds.<\/p>\nSome 25 locations, many in Brooklyn, have been identified as the top candidates for improvements.<\/p>\n
One of those locations is Myrtle Avenue, where riders say delays have been part of the commute for years.<\/p>\n
“It’s overwhelming to get to places,” rider Priscilla Suarez said.<\/p>\n
The MTA says not every project will happen right away, but plans include modernizing track switches, upgrading interlockings and redesigning how trains move through busy junctions.<\/p>\n
“Our tower operators are operating a decades-old manual interlocking,” said MTA Senior Planner Liam O’Connell Sr. “The smallest of issues, like any one of these trains arriving in the junction just a minute or two late or early, can lead to cascading delays.”<\/p>\n
The report also notes that much of the subway system was built by three separate companies before they were combined into the subway system riders know today.<\/p>\n
“The MTA has been playing catch-up since it got started,” said Danny Pearlstein, policy and communication director for the nonprofit Riders Alliance. “People have a lot of skepticism about the MTA … and it’s really all about how much time transit takes out of our day, and this is a project to give us back more time.”<\/p>\n
The biggest payoff may not be measured in miles of track, but in minutes returned to riders.<\/p>\n
MTA officials say work has already started on two critical spots: DeKalb and Nostrand Junction.<\/p>\n
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