I don't think the MTA wants to leave Broadway local with just one service. I've been on packed W trains even when we were riding the ass of the R train
I'm going to go completely against this and say none of them really need artics but rather, the rather the service needs to run as scheduled. Pre 2018 you could say the B35 also needed artics, now they got artics and the route is still bad cause of missing runs.
Doesn't matter. The current money used is only funding the current service. More service (or in this case more cost cause there is zero fare collection) means more money.
and where is the money gonna come from for these fare free buses that you're talking about? Bee line and NICE have routes operating at best every 15 min. MTA is every 2-4 min in comparison on some routes.
What people are mistaking for LED might just be regular fluorescent bulbs with a different color temperature.
The bulbs are replaced when they go out otherwise the cars would be dark or no lighting at all.
While simultaneously wearing down the other cars because those cars are still needed during the rush hr.
And how do you propose all those rollsigns get changed every weekend to make this work?
Some of that is crews missing either conductors or train operators or both. To make matters worse the D in particular has a huge problem with kids vandalizing the trains causing delays. Go anywhere around 79 st during school hrs and you will see the f*ckery ensue.
Cosmetic and actual performance are two different things. I've heard over the radio atleast twice now of trains that didn't take power, both coney sets.