The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) latest survey of the condition of its 467 subway stations in 2012 showed more than one in four of all structural components were not in a satisfactory condition—known in the jargon as a “state of good repair” or SGR. Assuming the completion of all planned work in the agency's 2010-2014 capital program, 20 percent of all structural components will not be in SGR. Moreover, even if the MTA's proposed five-year capital plan for 2015-2019 were fully funded—which it is not—the MTA’s current and planned pace of work is not expected to bring all stations to SGR anytime soon.

Source: Data provided from Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2012 Station Conditions Survey (2012).