Proposed MTA Capital Program 2010-2014 September 23, 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page OVERVIEW 1 The MTA 2010-2014 Capital Program-- “Preserving the Transportation System’s Rich Heritage for Future Generations” INTRODUCTION 15 Investment Summary and Program Funding CORE CPRB CAPITAL PROGRAM: 2010-2014 MTA NYC Transit Capital Program 25 Overview Program Plan MTA Long Island Rail Road Capital Program 53 Overview Program Plan MTA Metro-North Railroad Capital Program 77 Overview Program Plan MTA Bus Company Capital Program 101 Overview Program Plan MTA-Wide Security and Safety Capital Program 109 Overview Introduction MTA Interagency Capital Program 115 Overview Program Plan NETWORK EXPANSION: 2010-2014 MTA Capital Construction Capital Program 125 Overview Program plan MTA BRIDGES AND TUNNELS CAPITAL PROGRAM: 2010-2014 143 Overview Program Plan PROGRAM PROJECT LISTINGS: 2010-2014 165 Proposed 2010-2014 Capital Program (This page intentionally left blank.) Proposed 2010-2014 Capital Program THE 2010-2014 CAPITAL PROGRAM: Preserving the Transportation System’s Rich Heritage for Future Generations Introduction The MTA’s network of subways, buses and railroads move 2.6 billion New Yorkers a year, about one in every three users of mass transit in the United States and two thirds of the nation’s rail riders. MTA bridges and tunnels carry nearly 300 million vehicles annually—more than any bridge and tunnel authority in the nation. This vast transportation network –North America’s largest— serves a population of 14.5 million people in the 5,000 square–mile area fanning out from New York City through Long Island, southeastern New York State and Connecticut. Today’s network reflects the rich heritage of the region’s original transportation systems. When the New York City Transit subway opened in 1904, it launched an unprecedented era of growth and prosperity for the newly unified New York City. Over 100 years later, the City continues to rely on its rapid transit system. NYC Transit keeps New York moving 24 hours a day, seven days a week as over 6,000 subway cars travel over nearly 700 track miles in underground tunnels and elevated structures throughout the boroughs of New York City. Bus service on the streets of Manhattan began in 1907. Today, NYC Transit operates nearly 4,600 buses in all five boroughs on more than 200 local and 30 express routes. Long Island Bus, formed in 1973 by the combination of ten private bus carriers into a unified transportation system, runs over 300 buses on 53 routes linking 96 communities, 47 Long Island Rail Road stations, five subway stations and seven major shopping malls. MTA Bus Company, the newest member of the MTA family, was formed in 2004 to merge seven private operations. With more than 1,300 buses, it provides service on 80 local and express bus routes serving the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens. The Long Island Rail Road, the largest commuter railroad in the country, was chartered in 1834, making it the oldest railroad in America operating under its original name. With over 700 miles of track on eleven rail lines extending from three major New York City terminals — Penn Station, Flatbush Avenue and Hunterspoint Avenue — through a major transfer hub at Jamaica to the easternmost tip of Long Island, the Long Island Rail Road transformed Long Island from farmland to economically vibrant communities with easy access to Manhattan jobs. Proud old names in the history of railroading—New York Central and New York, New Haven & Hartford among them—are the lineage of Metro-North, the second largest commuter railroad in the nation. Metro-North’s main lines—the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven—run northward out of Grand Central Terminal, a ninety-six year old Beaux-Arts Manhattan landmark, on nearly 800 miles of track into suburban New York and Connecticut. West of the Hudson River, Metro- Proposed 2010-2014 Capital Program 1 North’s Port Jervis and Pascack Valley lines run northward out of Hoboken, N.J. serving Orange and Rockland Counties in the State of New York. Created in 1933 by master builder Robert Moses, MTA Bridges and Tunnels carries more traffic than any other bridge and tunnel authority in the nation over its seven bridges and through its two tunnels. These spans of concrete and cabling are critical links in New York City’s transportation infrastructure. This remarkable transportation legacy, which underlies the economic success of the region and promises to do so for generations to come, depends on an ongoing commitment to protect this Infrastructure of the MTA Network infrastructure and its thousands of visible and invisible components. This Track Length: 1,960 miles—enough to reach from New responsibility has been well recognized York to Santa Fe, NM by the State, with its continuing choice to Mainline invest in public transportation, beginning Switches: 3,259—supporting the complex network of rail service branches and express with the State Legislature’s historic and local transit service investment program in 1982 through to the current 2005-2009 Capital Program, Signal Blocks: 14,850—controlling over 9,000 trains a comprising the largest public investment day with nearly 5 million passengers Fiber Optic program in the country’s history. These Cable: Over 975 miles—enough to reach from investments - over $78 billion as of 2008 New York to St. Louis, MO - have brought the MTA back from the Power brink of collapse. The most critical Substations: 524—using more than enough power elements of MTA’s core system, its annually to light the city of Buffalo for a year rolling stock and tracks, have been rebuilt or replaced. As a result of these Third Rail: 1,271 miles—enough to reach from New unprecedented improvements in the York to Lincoln, NE transit system, subway delays have Pump Rooms: 301—pumping 17 million gallons of fallen almost 60 percent and reliability water each day has reached new heights with the Ventilation (Fan) distance between breakdowns Plants: 197—clearing air in tunnels during increasing 1,800 percent on subways emergencies and 670 percent on the bus systems. As B&T Structures: 368,940 tons of steel and MTA has continued to rebuild, now th 3.9 million cubic yards of concrete completing its 6 capital program, the B&T Bridge public has returned to the system in Cables: 49,368 feet, containing record numbers. In 2008, ridership on 181,900 miles of wire—enough to circle the Earth over 3½ times the subway, bus and commuter rail syste m reached an all time high with 2.6 billion trips using the MTA system daily compared to 1.6 billion in 1991. Recognizing that continuous investment is essential to insure the viability of the transit system for generations to come, the New York State Legislature mandated in 1982 that the MTA prepare five-year capital programs to rebuild and expand the New York Region’s transit network. These two goals underlie this five-year program: • Rebuilding the System. The proposed 2010-2014 Capital Program identifies an investment level of $28.080 billion, with 64 percent targeted to the repair and Proposed 2010-2014 Capital Program 2 replacement of system assets. • Expanding the System. This capital program funds the completion of East Side Access and phase one of the Second Avenue Subway as well as funding planning studies to identify future capital initiatives that address currently unmet and emerging transportation needs. These two goals, and the investments proposed to achieve them, are described in the sections that follow. Rebuilding the System As the largest regional transit provider in the Western Hemisphere, the MTA’s network of commuter railroads, subways and buses handles 8.5 million trips each weekday, while our seven bridges and two tunnels serve more than 800,000 vehicles each day. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, over 6,100 buses navigate the city streets and our 8,500 rail cars travel over 2,000 miles of track and service over 700 stations. Delivering this reliable service is the heritage of this massive transportation infrastructure. Preserving this vast and rich heritage depends on constant investment in the core system to ensure that every component of that system works. These visible components of service are supported behind the scenes and beneath the streets by the tens of thousands of components that make up the “invisible” infrastructure. This infrastructure, both visible and invisible, must work well in order to meet the needs of customers for generations to come. The rebuilding investments in this capital program, which are premised on the needs identified in the twenty-year needs assessment, include replacing assets and maintaining those assets already repaired. While past investments have restored many of the system’s assets, there is a significant backlog of assets that still require repair. And many assets that have been repaired in past programs will reach the end of their useful lives and require replacement. The agencies’ needs are even greater than what is included in this capital program since more backlogged State of Good Repair needs exist than can be addressed. The “Rail Modernization Study,” an April 2009 Report to Congress by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), found that more than one-third of the assets of the Nation’s seven largest transit agencies, including MTA, are near or have already exceeded their useful lives. These backlogged State of Good Repair needs total roughly $50 billion for these seven agencies. Recognizing the extraordinary needs inherent in the vast infrastructure of these large systems and their extraordinary value to the economic health of the nation, the report recommends that Congress and the FTA consider implementation of a temporary funding source over two or three federal reauthorization periods to eliminate this existing SGR backlog, which is similar to the catch-up investment suggested by the City in “PlaNYC A Greener, Greater New York.” The significant investments identified in this program are prioritized according to their condition and performance in order to provide the greatest service benefits and maintenance savings to the operating budget.