Sep. 23, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA’s $68 billion capital plan, unveiled last week, proposes starting construction on the Interborough Express (IBX), the potentially transformative light rail link between Brooklyn and Queens, within this decade. The 2025-29 capital plan, the transit agency’s overarching five-year spending priorities for maintenance, renewal, and expansion, includes $2.75 billion…
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MTA unveils ambitious plan to illuminate subway system with LED lighting by 2026
Feb. 20, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Tuesday announced its plans to convert all 150,000 fluorescent light fixtures across the subway system to LED lighting by mid-2026.