This seating arrangement encouraged subway riders to engage with one ... where the others have much more eye contact.” Several car models have been retired since the MTA’s inception, but ...

Once both the car and the truck are ready to go, the truck is moved on the lower set of rails, underneath the subway car, and the two are "married." The cars go through rigorous testing at each ...

The cars on the 1 line date back to the 1980s, and MTA data shows they fail eight times more often than the MTA’s newest subway trains. The facility lacks fire sprinklers and modern fire alarms.