Sentence examples for subway delay from inspiring English sources
SUBWAY DELAY SUIT COSTS CITY $690,362; Contractors Win Damages for Rise in Materials While Waiting to Build.
For instance, two out of every three announcements of a subway delay or rerouting are either filled with incomplete information or not issued at all, the study found.
The authority's officials said they had adopted the restrictive new policy, which began this week, because they were concerned that giving out detailed information about terrorism fears that turned out to be unfounded -- a smudge of powdered sugar that caused an hourlong subway delay, for example -- could serve to discourage passengers from reporting suspicious things they see.
If the train you were riding was in fact delayed, the MTA will issue you a Subway Delay Verification note to hand over to your unconvinced employer.
Systemwide, the biggest source of subway delays is simple overcrowding.
They can accommodate more people". Overcrowding has become the leading cause of subway delays.
After several days of painful subway delays in New York City this week, there was more turmoil during the commute on Friday morning.
In January, there were more than 60,000 weekday subway delays, with 24,595 late trains — or about 40percentt of all delays — attributed to overcrowding.
New York City's top fiscal official said that subway delays are costing the city economy as much as $389 million annually in lost wages and productivity.
New York City Transit officials reportedly pressured staff to expand the number of subway delays that could be attributed to power issues and consequently Con Edison.
For Russ Torrisi, 62, who owns an information technology management firm, the subway delays have affected his company by making his staff late for meetings with clients.
