How Cuts in Basic Subway Upkeep Can Make Your Commute Miserable

Decisions to scale back routine maintenance turned this year into the subway’s worst since the 1970s. [Source]

Publication Date: Wednesday, 20 December 2017 at 12:00:14

Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Transit Systems

Topics: 1970s, since, worst, subway’s, turned, maintenance, routine, scale, Decisions, Miserable, Commute, Upkeep, Subway, Basic

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/nyregion/system-failure-new-york-subway-maintenance-misery.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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