Less than an hour later, a verbal dispute in the 116th street station in Harlem resulted in a male victim getting slashed in the arm. No property was removed, and the victim was treated on scene by EMS, the NYPD said. A struggle ensued, and the victim was stabbed in the leg. On Saturday evening around 8:10 p.m., two men attempted to remove property from a male victim. Emergency Medical Services arrived at the scene and transported the woman to a hospital in stable condition, according to police. A verbal dispute ensued, and the assailant stabbed the victim three times in the abdomen. On Saturday afternoon around 2:50 p.m., an unknown male punched a 20-year-old female victim in the back while she was on the northbound platform inside a subway station in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York. He was taken to a local and is in stable condition. A dispute ensued, and the victim was stabbed in the thigh. A 46-year-old man was approached by three males who demanded money, the NYPD said. Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesĪnother happened early Saturday morning inside another subway station in Queens. We haven't completed the analysis yet, but that's one where we're going to be working on that," said NYC Transit's Chief of Operations Planning, Judy McClain.People walk through a subway station in Manhattan, New York City. However, those changes were smaller, with total travel time only reduced by a few minutes.Īs for improvements on other lines, that could be coming later in the year, the agency said. The changes made on Monday are in addition to ones recently made to speed up the A, D, N, Q, R and W lines, as well as 1 and 6 trains. We have 65 cars now with cameras, we'll get to 100 in the next few weeks," Davey said. "We also have talked recently about adding cameras into our subway cars. That crime and getting help for the homeless on the trains. Still, the chief concern among riders may not be timeliness, but safety. With fewer commuters on Mondays and Fridays as well, NYC transit is looking at making schedules on those days look more like a weekend. With fewer people to move around, "dwell" times at stations can also be shortened. Weekday trips are still only at about 60 percent of pre-pandemic levels. "If we improve the speed limit, for example, and you're an operator who's been traveling that same route for 20 years, you might forget that 10 mph is not longer, maybe it's 20 mph," Davey said.Īnother reason trains will be able to move around faster? Fewer people aboard. The agency's "Speed Team" has been looking at where they can raise the speed limit on the tracks, and also is retraining operators. Doesn't sound like a lot, but if you accumulate it over a day, it's quite a lot of time," said NYC Transit President Rich Davey. "We're able to reduce the trips on those lines by about 10 minutes or so. Get Tri-state area news and weather forecasts to your inbox.
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