Overstretched Budget and Unexpected Maintenance Bring Network to an End
| By AMIR ALI SAID |
According to various reports, including the DailyNews, the MTA plans on scrapping its new subway communications network. The network, introduced in most subway stations across the city, includes minute by minute updates of the trains approaching the station. Since the subway's unrolling of the system is been a very helpful tool with the fast paced New York city commuters. However, a closer look at the project shows that the new system be non-existent in the near future.
The $370 million project began in 2000. MTA officials expect it to be completed this year. But according to the MTA, advances in technology since the year 2000 have already made the network out of date. In fact, after examining the construction of the process, the MTA realizes they are asking much more of the system than originally planned eleven years ago. For instance, changes to the fiber optic information system have already pushed the project $76 million over budget.
If this system is eventually cut out completely I think it'll be a blow to the MTA. I think it will exhibit three steps forward in the eyes of the everyday New York Commuter. Then twenty steps back if the system is cut. It's innovative, very helpful and smart. It simply doesn't make sense. However, if it's a matter of equipment then that's poor management on the MTA's part. That being said, the communications network should not be cut. The MTA should do everything in their power to keep it around.






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