NYC Magazine » countdown clock http://www.nycmagazine.com Covering all of New York City Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:03:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Subway Countdown Clocks Are Coming…Eventually http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/11/19/subway-countdown-clocks-are-coming-eventually/ http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/11/19/subway-countdown-clocks-are-coming-eventually/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:56:17 +0000 Igor Derysh http://www.nycmagazine.com/?p=592 L Trains Already Use Countdowns

Not long ago the city began a project to install countdown clocks on many of the city’s subway stations to help travelers. As one can imagine, the project has quickly become late and over budget.

According to the New York Times, the MTA plans to spend $200 million to install countdown clocks in all “numbered train line stations.” The project will be done on top of the original plan to just put countdown clocks along the 7 line, a project that is three-years late and more than $30 million over budget according to the New York Times.

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