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The MTA is going to be speeding up the subway service for the 2,3,4 and 5 lines in New York City and your commute is going to get a little faster because of it!
New York City Transit is going to speed up the service on multiple subway lines due to the fact that ridership has still not returned to where it was before the pandemic. Starting on Monday the lines for the subway trains 2,3,4 and 5 will speed up and make the commute quicker for about 900,000 people who ride it daily.
"We're able to reduce the trips on those lines by about 10 minutes or so. Doesn't sound like a lot, but if you accumulate it over a day, it's quite a lot of time," said NYC Transit President Rich Davey.
"If we improve the speed limit, for example, and you're an operator who's been traveling that same route for 20 years, you might forget that 10 mph is not longer, maybe it's 20 mph," Davey said.
Davey also added that cameras are starting to get installed in subway cars. "We also have talked recently about adding cameras into our subway cars. We have 65 cars now with cameras, we'll get to 100 in the next few weeks," Davey said.
Are you excited for a faster commute?