Overview

• Infrastructure and equipment problems accounted for 31% of 2024 delays, up from 24% a year earlier, according to the state comptroller.
• Subway car issues triggered 77 major incidents in the first half of 2025, nearly tripling the prior year and concentrated on the E, F and R lines.
• Through June 2025, total recorded delays fell 13% to 214,714, even as infrastructure- and equipment-linked delays rose 11% to 76,760.
• More than 35% of the MTA’s 6,553-car fleet is at least 40 years old, underscoring the maintenance and reliability strain.
• The MTA’s five-year plan budgets over $10 billion for new cars plus billions for signals and power upgrades, with officials noting August posted the best on-time rate in a decade and an 8% ridership increase.