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New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo,
ventured into Columbus Circle station to
demonstrate how faulty wiring is causing
subway delays.
“One circuit goes out, the light goes to red,
the trains stop, the engineer is called, you
have to troubleshoot the entire system to
get to that one circuit,” Governor Cuomo
explained.
The governor said there are millions of old
wires in the archaic system, contributing
to around 32,000 delays every year.
The New York State public service
commission has ordered Con Edison, the
NYC utility, to take immediate steps to
ensure that new conductors, meters, and
other equipment are installed within the
year.
The power system rebuild will cost “tens of
millions of dollars,” said Governor Cuomo,
adding that this should be at Con Edison’s
own cost.
Subway inspection
New York governor Andrew Cuomo in the Columbus Circle station.
Photograph courtesy of Richard Drew,
wiredInUSA - September 2017
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