Hello to you and 2020! Have you read any "2019 year-in-review" stories? The L Project made a few of them. But what actually happened in the seven months and four days of 2019 since the L Project commenced? We compiled our spreadsheets and ran the numbers. Your "L Project 2019 Year in Review" is below.
Also, you may have taken the M14 SBS, but have you tried an electric M14 SBS yet?; minor changes to G service between midnight and 1:30 a.m. for a week, and our construction look-ahead for the week. Stay dry out there.
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2019 on the L was 🔥.
Photo: Photo: Trent Reeves / MTA Capital Construction / December 7, 2019
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By the numbers: L Project in 2019
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It's a new year and it's been a while since we provided a one-stop-shop progress rundown on how we're doing. So let's do it!
But before we jump into those numbers, here's the real number that counts: 400,000. That's how many of you use the L line every day in NYC, and how many of you worked in collaboration with us to make this project go as smoothly as it has. Take a bow!
So, what exactly did happen in 2019 on the L Project? We count it up.
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L Project: 2019 by the numbers
New station entrances opened: 3 (two at Bedford Av, one at 1 Av (another one was opened at Bedford Av, too, but it was in 2018)
Cable racks installed: 14,220 linear feet (yes, we're done in both tubes)
Cables installed on the racks (communications, radio antenna, pump power and control, and fiber optic): 59,550 linear feet
Additional cables installed (tunnel lighting conduit, sound power telephone, antenna conduit and tunnel receptacle power): 45,855 linear feet
Continuous welded rail track installed: 12,170 linear feet (just 440 to go in the second tube!)
New discharge pipe installed: 4,930 linear feet (only 1,900 to go until we're done with both tubes!)
Fiber optic monitoring system installed: 7,000 linear feet
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Emergency work on G train third rail = no extra G service between midnight and 1:30 a.m. for a week
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 Our crews were doing their regular track inspections, and found that part of the system that runs the G line's third rail needs repairs ASAP. The work will happen overnight on the weeknights for the week of Monday, January 13.
We'll be doing the work overnight so G service can continue at normal headways...except for the special extra trains we've been running to give you 7-to-the-G train riders a better alternative during the L Project. Again, G trains will still come, but here are two quick tips:
- The impacted time is just between midnight and 1:30 a.m. So if you're traveling then, you might have to wait a few minutes longer than you're used to
- If you're at Greenpoint Av Station, both Church Av and Court-Sq bound G trains will stop on the Court Square-bound platform.
Thanks for bearing with us.
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This is an electric bus. Take a good look. Now go find it on the M14 SBS route and do a good thing for your commute and the environment.
Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA NYC Transit / December 15, 2019
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Did you know the M14 SBS is moving faster than ever? Did you also know several buses on the route are now electric buses? Yes, on December 15, we rolled out the first 15 of our new all-electric articulated bus fleet, and we put them on the M14 SBS route.
These are the first of approximately 500 electric buses that will be purchased as part of our 2020-2024 Capital Plan and will serve all five boroughs. It's part of our Fast Forward strategy to upgrade our bus fleet with a focus on zero-emissions technology.
If you needed another reason to go check out the M14 SBS to see how great bus service can be when it's implemented right, here you go.
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Glamour shot of the week: Yes there's a theme here
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No disrespect to installing all of those thousands of feet of cables, or securing new discharge pipes in place. But welding rail is just super cool. Here, our crews continue to make progress in the second tube. We're aiming to be done with all of the track work by the end of January.
Photo: Trent Reeves / MTA Capital Construction / December 7, 2019
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Construction look-ahead: Week of 1/4/2020
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As mentioned above, we're pushing to get all of the trackwork—new ties, tie blocks, continuous welded rail, etc.—done in January. Here's our full list of work for the week ahead:
- Continue installing the structural FRP panels in one work zone
- Continue installing conduit and wire to power transponders, negative equalizers, antennas, pump feeders, tunnel lighting and exhaust fans at Bedford Av
- Wire the new track cases near Avenue D
- Replace plates and ties, remove and install new contact rail accessories, install new contact rail and weld rail in two areas, and weld negative fourth rail by 1 Av
- Continue energy-efficient tunnel lighting installation: install tunnel lighting brackets, straps, receptacles, and pull the cable and install lighting fixtures
- Install more discharge pipe and manifolds from N 7th St to the pump room
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