But then I read further, and thought: "Who wants to sell the City another computerized signaling system?
The fixed-block signaling system has been in use since the New York subway's inception in 1904. The transit agency has invested $288 million on its first computerized signaling system, scheduled to make its debut on the L line in Brooklyn and Manhattan in July. Computer-based train operation has been a goal of transit planners for decades, but since 1982 the transit agency has focused its capital spending on basic maintenance.
At a minimum, this article demonstrates the sheer incompetence on the part of transit security officials. Such a critical comm vault should have been monitored and equipped with fire suppression capability.