New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the start of the largest signal and track replacement project in the history of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The $1.9 billion investment, made possible with funds from congestion pricing, will modernize and service in Brooklyn and Queens, replacing antiquated, 1930s-era signals with Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC). The modern signal system allows trains to safely run faster and closer together, facilitating more frequent and reliable subway service.
The project spans 42 track miles along the Fulton and Liberty lines and will replace the oldest remaining signal equipment in the subway system. The work will span from High St A/C to Ozone Park–Lefferts Blvd A, covering 23 stations serving 350,000 riders each weekday. The project corridor provides connections to seven other subway lines, 36 bus routes and connections to the Long Island Rail Road. Across their full routes, the A and C serve 750,000 riders each weekday.
The work builds on other CBTC investments serving and riders along Eighth Avenue between 59 St in Manhattan and High St in Brooklyn. Modernizing signals across nearly 85 miles of the subway system is made possible with funds from congestion pricing. Governor Hochul’s successful funding of the MTA’s 2025–2029 Capital Plan provides an additional $5.4 billion to modernize signals across more than 75 miles on the Broadway N/Q/R/W, Liberty Avenue A, Rockaway A/S and Nassau Street J/Z lines
-via Press Release
