wiredInUSA September 2017

New York governor Andrew Cuomo in the Columbus Circle station. Photograph courtesy of Richard Drew,

Subway inspection

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.

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.

wiredInUSA - September 2017

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