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We’ve all been there:
Stuck in a crowded
subway car due to “signal
problems,” or sitting on a
bus moving so slowly that you
might as well have walked.
Frustration with our mass
transit system is a New York
state of mind we’re all unfortunately
accustomed to, but I
truly believe it doesn’t have to
be this way.
The vast majority of the
problems with our system can
be summed up in one word: accountability.
There isn’t any.
The MTA is a state authority
controlled by the governor
with its own budget that’s approved
by a bunch of board
members most New Yorkers
have never even heard of.
It’s confusing, which is the
point.
How else could the people
in charge avoid blame and responsibility
when things go
wrong?
The buck has to stop with
someone, and it has to be
someone who knows if they
don’t get it right their job is on
the line.
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COURIER LIFE, J M BR B G UNE 28–JULY 4, 2019 41
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Large enough to help you.®
This is why I support municipal
control of the subways,
which would mean accountability
will fall squarely on
one person - the Mayor of New
York City.
It means we run our subways,
we run Staten Island
rail, we plan our bus routes
— right now the City doesn’t
even do that – and we control
the toll money from the seven
bridges and tunnels currently
run by the MTA.
I know what you’re thinking.
That’s all well and good,
but how does that help my
commute?
Those signal problems
making you late for work all
the time?
That is what happens when
no one is responsible.
It’s the result of decades of
misplaced priorities.
Our subways signals date
back to the 1930s.
They’ve never been upgraded
because the MTA’s
governance structure incentivized
short term glamour
projects over the long term investments
we really need. It’s
painting the outside of a house
that’s falling apart inside.
And the result? We allow
a 21st century system to operate
with infrastructure that
was built in the 1930s like it is
now.
What about our slow
buses?
Municipal control would
help get our buses moving
again because for the fi rst
time ever, the City – and not
the State – would be able to
quickly fi x routes that aren’t
working and work in close
coordination with the Department
of Transportation,
which is currently under our
control.
That means better, more
cohesive bus service that gets
New Yorkers where they need
to be faster.
It makes no sense that different
entities are covering
both now. Municipal control
isn’t just more accountable.
It’s more effi cient too.
Making municipal control
a reality won’t be easy, and
it won’t happen overnight.
But this is worth fi ghting for.
We have to think big to solve
the problem of how we move
around our city. We can’t let
fear of the politically diffi -
cult stop us from taking on
this challenge. We have to
get New York City moving
again.
I’m ready to fi ght for this
for as long as it takes to make
it happen. I hope you’ll fi ght
alongside me.
Corey Johnson is the New
York City Council speaker
OPINION
The mayor should have municipal control of the subways
Council Speaker Corey Johnson believes in giving municipal control of the subway to the mayor.
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