"Transit officials in New York on Wednesday released a list of the system’s most pressing needs that ranks contending with climate change among the top priorities for the subway and bus network, which was paralyzed last week by a torrential storm.
Engineers said that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority should buy thousands of new rail cars and buses, modernize the subway’s outdated signal system and fix the crumbling tunnels and facilities at Grand Central Terminal.
The priorities are contained in the 20-Year Needs Assessment, an unfunded list that is released every decade by the M.T.A., the state agency that runs the city’s transit system. The report is among the authority’s most far-reaching analyses of future maintenance needs and potential expansion projects.
Janno Lieber, the authority’s chairman, said the report aimed to be as comprehensive as possible in identifying the M.T.A.’s most crucial concerns. “This detailed evaluation tells the whole story, laying bare the urgent need for renewal and improvement of the system’s existing infrastructure and to prepare for climate change,” Mr. Lieber said in a statement."
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