New York's Other Costly and Long-Delayed Transportation Megaproject

Route Fifty: New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency that operates New York City’s subway system, plus the Long Island and Metro-North commuter railroads, has checked a major megaproject off its long-term capital construction list: the first phase of the long-awaited Second Avenue subway line in Manhattan, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo opened for business after a festive New Year’s Eve ribbon-cutting event.

After first being proposed nearly a century ago and partially built before New York City’s 1970s fiscal crisis scuttled additional construction, a new iteration of the Second Avenue subway project got underway in 2007.

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