The Metropolitan Transportation Authority greenlighted a jaw-dropping $1.5 billion deal Wednesday to buy hundreds of new subway cars. The MTA board voted to award Kawasaki a lucrative contract to build 378 high-tech R268s trains to replace the creaky relics of the 1980s that have plagued riders with breakdowns and delays for years. “We needed to…
MTA drops $1.5B on new fleet of subway cars in move to avoid breakdowns
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