The new exteriors will include a blue font with large windows, LED headlights and a blue stripe with gold accents along the side. Cuomo also unveiled plans for extensive renovations taking place at 31 subway stations across the five boroughs. The plan includes renewal work at more than 170 stations across the city. In January, Cuomo announced that these renovations would be completed by 2020. Queens stations that will receive extensive renovations include the 30th Avenue, Broadway, 36th Avenue and 39th Avenue N/Q stations in Astoria. The Parsons Boulevard F station in Jamaica and the 67 Avenue and Northern Boulevard M/F stations in Forest Hills and Woodside, respectively, will also be renovated. New stations will include enhanced lighting, improved signage such as digital, realtime updates about on-time performance at subway entrances before customers even enter the station and countdown clocks. Wi-Fi and new art that “consider the architectural legacy of each station, and remain sensitive to historical elements” will also be installed. A requests for proposal (RFP) will be issued for each package of 31 stations over the next 12 months and the first contract is expected to be awarded in the fall. The MTA will shut down each station going through extensive renovations for six months rather than making the renovations on nights and weekends, Cuomo said at a press conference. “New York deserves a worldclass transportation network, worthy of its role as the heartbeat of the 21st-century economy,” Cuomo said. “The MTA design team developed a bold and visionary re-imagining of the quintessential commuter experience, incorporating best practices from global transit systems, and focusing on our core mission to renew, enhance and expand.” The RFP will outline what the MTA is looking for in terms of the timeline of design and production and cost-effectiveness. Photos courtesy of MTA Subway stations and trains will be renovated as part of the MTA Capital Program.
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