NYC morning rush still plagued by MTA’s archaic, faulty signal system

Signal malfunctions caused subway delays on four out of every five mornings in the first half of 2021, according to a new report.

The review of public service alerts found the number of mornings where faulty signals snarled trains jumped to 88 percent in the second quarter of the year — nearly as high as the 92 percent of mornings impacted in 2018. Upgrading century-old subway signals is a key facet of the MTA’s $51.5 billion capital plan, which is set to be funded in part by a congestion charge on Manhattan drivers.