The dated U.S. rail infrastructure is struggling to stay operational as climate change accelerates and intense heat waves, downpours and high winds become more frequent.
Before Kathy Hochul paused it, the tolling program lost the little labor support it had when the Transport Workers Union withdrew its backing this spring.
A set of directives from the Federal Transit Administration noted a troubling rise in “near-miss” events last year where MTA workers and riders were close to being struck by subway trains.
The push comes a month after MTA officials reported nearly half the city’s bus riders don’t bother to pay to ride, and estimated the problem costs the agency more than $300 million a year in lost fares.
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