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NYC-AREA COMMUTER RAIL: DOING MORE WITH LESS

M J Greenfield

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New York City-area commuter railroads are delivering more service to more riders and relying less on public subsidies. Long Island Railroad and Metro-North Railroad, both arms of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, expect to carry more than 130 million passengers in 1997. Both represent dramatic revivals of greatly deteriorated service. In spite of budget constraints, both railroads have managed to commit dollars to bring crumbling infrastructure back into shape. Metro-North ridership has increased by more than 33 percent in the last 12 years, and LIRR carried an estimated 74.4 million passengers in 1996, the best annual ridership since 1989.

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New York City-area commuter railroads are delivering more service to more riders and relying less on public subsidies. Long Island Railroad and Metro-North Railroad, both arms of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, expect to carry more than 130 million passengers in 1997. Both represent dramatic revivals of greatly deteriorated service. In spite of budget constraints, both railroads have managed to commit dollars to bring crumbling infrastructure back into shape. Metro-North ridership has increased by more than 33 percent in the last 12 years, and LIRR carried an estimated 74.4 million passengers in 1996, the best annual ridership since 1989.

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New York City-area commuter railroads are delivering more service to more riders and relying less on public subsidies. Long Island Railroad and Metro-North Railroad, both arms of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, expect to carry more than 130 million passengers in 1997. Both represent dramatic revivals of greatly deteriorated service. In spite of budget constraints, both railroads have managed to commit dollars to bring crumbling infrastructure back into shape. Metro-North ridership has increased by more than 33 percent in the last 12 years, and LIRR carried an estimated 74.4 million passengers in 1996, the best annual ridership since 1989.

Key concepts: Metropolitan area, Transport engineering, Public transport, Service (business), Subsidy, Commit, Business, Engineering

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