> I found NYC's subway a pleasant improvement. Yet I keep seeing articles about how it needs to be fixed.
Decades of underinvestment means that it's not as good today as it was ten years ago, or as good ten years ago as it was a few decades before that.
That said, even with all its problems, the NY metro area still has far better and more extensive public transportation than any other metro area in the country. Over a third of all subway stations in the country are located within New York City's city limits, and that's not even counting the three separate commuter train options, Amtrak, bus service, or Staten Island railway.
Decades of underinvestment means that it's not as good today as it was ten years ago, or as good ten years ago as it was a few decades before that.
That said, even with all its problems, the NY metro area still has far better and more extensive public transportation than any other metro area in the country. Over a third of all subway stations in the country are located within New York City's city limits, and that's not even counting the three separate commuter train options, Amtrak, bus service, or Staten Island railway.