Comments on: Second Ave. optimism by the MTA

By: Telling and showing with a new branding campaign :: Second Ave. Sagas

Telling and showing with a new branding campaign :: Second Ave. Sagas — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:06:20 +0000

[...] lean over the platform edge. Don’t litter. The informative posters — such as an overly optimistic one about the Second Ave. Subway’s once-projected opening date — seem few and far [...]

By: Solving the MTA’s construction costs problem :: Second Ave. Sagas

Solving the MTA’s construction costs problem :: Second Ave. Sagas — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:05:24 +0000

[...] time wore on, the news got worse and worse. In late 2008, the MTA promised a 2015 completion date for SAS Phase 1, and in 2009, the authority had to push that date back again to 2016. Today, the [...]

By: More expensive Phase I of SAS may not open until 2017 :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:59:41 +0000

[...] MTA started running a series of SubTalk ads last October designed to promote the Second Ave. Subway. “Starting in 2015,” these ads read, “the new Second Avenue Subway will help [...]

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:11:58 +0000

I think — I hope — you’ve got it backwards. The Feds will soon announce a fiscal stimulus program. That means hundreds of billions of federal dollars for infrastructure construction all over the country. So now is the time to dare to dream, the time when you get Triborough Bridges galore.

By: New York’s Transit Financing Discussion Begins; What to Watch « Mobilizing the Region

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:35:59 +0000

[...] committed under prior leadership. MTA efforts, like devising more honest performance measures and advertising their projects are a start, but probably won’t result in an overnight reversal of public [...]

By: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog » Blog Archive » » SAS Renderings: Subway porn of the highest degree

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:07:24 +0000

[...] a street overview of the buildings and entrances the MTA plans on constructing. Who knows? Maybe by 2015, we’ll have that Second Ave. Subway after [...]

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:57:47 +0000

And I thought Texans and Georgians were non-chalant in delivering questionable “good” news.

Next up: “Hey, the Second Avenue Subway will be finished when it’s finished. Stop complaining already!”

By: Kai

Kai — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:59:11 +0000

(Probably will be delayed some more though)

By: Kai

Kai — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:58:51 +0000

It’ll happen. They’ll cut a ton of service before they cancel this.

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:39:58 +0000

To me, this ad is a sign that the MTA is committed to perhaps finishing at least section I of the subway.

Well, and to build up some good will before they announce their service cuts and fare hikes. Bloomberg is doing the same thing with the city budget.