On March 19, 2025, commuters and transportation advocates rallied at City Hall to promote funding for the MTA's $68.4 billion capital plan for 2025-2029. As the NYC Council prepares for its transportation budget hearing, advocates stress the urgency of committing between $3 and $4 billion for infrastructure upgrades. The plan emphasizes reliability, safety, and accessibility enhancements while addressing the neglected aspects of the aging subway system. Leaders like Danny Pearlstein and Lisa Daglian highlight the need for immediate investment to secure the future of the transit network, which has served New Yorkers for over a century.
It's crunch time for funding the next wave of reliability and accessibility upgrades to the subway that congestion relief has begun, said Danny Pearlstein.
What isn't uncertain is the overwhelming need for investment in our vital transit network, she said.
If we want to rely on it for the next century, we have to fix it now.
The bills are coming due. The subway system was ignored for many years.
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