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A couple of thoughts: The approach you describe to measure speed from the motor position is essentially what subway cars use. Ignoring wheel slip, which is not a rare phenomenon, t…

The subway used to be controlled by the city which lead to politicians keeping the fairs intentionally low to gain popular support. In 1968 the city could no longer afford fund the…

The MTA's problems begin and end at a weak senior management unwilling to standup to Cuomo's frivolous micromanagement and a transit union unwilling to modernize. Politicians shoul…

When NYCT overlay's CBTC signalling on a line the block wayside system is upgraded at the same time and the two systems work in tandem. This allows non-CBTC equipped trains to oper…

The MTA's problems begin and end at a weak senior management unwilling to standup to Cuomo's frivolous micromanagement and a transit union unwilling to modernize. Politicians shoul…

They run Windows NT 4 on the mvm and even have a custom badged start up screen http://salim.virji.net/pix/transit/mta/crashed_metrocard_ven... The OS/2 stuff is used on the back en…

Having more and tighter blocks is a distraction, it requires significant maintenance of way (MOW) resources and track time access which is limited to begin with in systems like New…

For what its worth you can run a red signal if you go slow enough over the trip, however doing this without approval from rcc will get you suspended or more

Generally its the opposite, technology developed by the military is co-opted by the civilian sector. Anyways all these new "AI" memes don't change anything, the weapons are just as…

The MTA actually doesn't run a deficit, both their operational and capital budgets are fully funded. The MTA overall is pretty fiscally responsible (im sure you can always find mor…

Platform doors are generally installed when you install modern signalling (CBTC) onto a line, which much of the NYC subway does not have. CBTC equipped trains can operate under Aut…

Platform doors are not just for preventing falls onto the right of way, they also help to reduce litter, reduce delays due trains coming into stations slowly because of overcrowdin…

EzPass toll tags being read outside toll areas is very common through out the tri-state area. The project mahyarm mentioned below is called "Midtown in Motion" where the tags are u…

Which cars are you referring to?? The new haven line M8's are some of the newest rail cars in the country, if not the newest. I know there are some M2 sets still sometimes used but…