By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; September 23, 2019
Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials representing Metro-North riders are crying foul that the Long Island Rail Road stands to receive about a billion dollars more than its sister railroad in the MTA’s proposed $51 billion Capital Program.
At a Manhattan meeting of the MTA Board on Monday morning, board members representing Metro-North’s Upstate service area protested the disparity between the allotments to the two commuter railroads, which both have a similar-sized ridership. The LIRR carried about 89 million riders last year, while Metro-North carried about 87 million.