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New York’s bill banning One-Person Train Operation
Bill Banning One-Person Trains Would Lock NY Transit in the Past
This bill would cement into law an outdated 20th-century operating practice that now only exists on three systems: the NYC subway, PATH (legally a commuter railroad), and Toronto’s TTC. This bill unnecessarily inflates these costs, ultimately shifting the burden onto riders through potential fare hikes or reducing the capacity for much-needed service improvements. In the service of alleviating outdated safety concerns, this legislation would financially burden the MTA, hurting both transit workers and riders and limiting system modernization.
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