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On Tuesday, the agency announced it has installed new equipment that has allowed it to raise the subway speed limits at nearly 300 locations throughout the system, a move that’s expected to save straphangers valuable commuting time.
“We’ve continued to identify root causes for slower speeds, and we’ve continued to move rapidly to fix grade time signals that were defective and to increase speeds where it’s safe to do so,” said Interim New York City Transit President Sarah Feinberg.
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“Some examples include changing the northbound curve entering City Hall on the ‘R’ and ‘W’ from 6 m.p.h. to 15 m.p.h., changing the southbound speed limit at President Street on the ‘2′ and ‘5′ from 15 to 35 m.p.h., changing the speeds on the express tracks on Queens Blvd. from 35 to 50 m.p.h. at multiple locations, and removing the 25 m.p.h. limit on the ‘D’ line express in the Bronx, allowing for speeds about 40 m.p.h. near Fordham Rd and Kingsbridge Rd,” according to the MTA.
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This includes the installation of 919 new digital timers on grade time signals, 270 civil speed increases across the system over the past two years and a reduction in time trains spend holding at station platforms. The work builds on recommendations made in the “MTA NYCT Subway Speed and Capacity Review, Phase 2 Report," which was commissioned as part of the Speed and Safety Task Force launched by New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in July of 2019.
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Key 2020 accomplishments:
Transit employees methodically took advantage of lower ridership during the pandemic to accelerate installation of new digital timers on grade time (GT) signals, which control the speed of subway trains – completing 900 by October 2020 (ahead of schedule) and 919 to date.
In 2020 alone, NYCT fixed 156 slow-clearing grade timers with an additional 14 completed in 2021.
To date, 485 slow-clearing signals have been found throughout the system, with 413 of those having been resolved.
Transit has identified 663 speed limits that could potentially be raised and 581 of those locations have been evaluated by members of NYCT’s safety and engineering teams. Of the speed limits evaluated, 279 of those have already been updated in the field, including 65 civil speed restrictions raised in 2020.
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