The New York Times is reporting that some MTA subway improvements which were promised as part of the recent fare increase are being postponed due to other economic factors, including the slumping housing market and Wall St. financials.
The Times quotes MTA CFO Gary J. Dellaverson as calling the financial outlook ‘gloomy’ amongst other sad terms, [...]

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When we manage to stay on topic here at StationStops (which is rare), we generally talk about Metro-North. Quite honestly, we Connecticut folk dont know much regardin’ no high-fallutin’ futuristic ‘40-year-plans for outer borough subway expansion’.
But our friends at SecondAvenue Sagas do, and they were on the scene for Elliot Sander’s ‘State of the MTA’ [...]

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