The New Yorkers describe the project as a “doomsday timetable” - as a timetable for doom - “apocalyptic”.
The name seems justified.
Almost every second train connection, warns the operator of the subway in the American metropolis, could be canceled.
9,000 train drivers, ticket sellers and track workers face dismissal.
The subway was once New York's lifeline, but now, in the Corona crisis, it is on the verge of collapse.
The number of passengers collapsed by 70 percent.
The forecast for 2020 is therefore devastating: a loss of $ 3.4 billion.
It is not to be expected that New Yorkers will soon be boarding the subway in droves.
They return to their offices more slowly than citizens in the rest of the country.
Why is the fear of Corona greater in Manhattan than in other parts of the USA?
A survey by the lobby group “Partnership for New York City” brought the answer.