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After Gov. Kathy Hochul halted New York City’s congestion pricing program last month, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority cut $16.5 billion worth of planned upgrades to the city’s vast transit network, mostly to account for the loss of funding that was tied to revenue from the toll.

The impact of the congestion pricing suspension on the M.T.A.’s funds for capital projects

Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Notes: The chart shows the $28.5 billion in uncommitted funds in the M.T.A.’s 2020-24 capital program; an additional $27 billion had already been committed.

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Projects were cut from each part of New York City’s transit system, which is the largest in North America and is used by millions of people every day. The projects included elevator and ramp installations that would make subway stations accessible for people with disabilities, structural repairs to aging infrastructure and upgrades to 1930s-era signals that regularly cause delays.

Here are some of the subway projects the authority says it has shelved:

The cuts announced by the M.T.A. — the state agency that runs the subway, bus and commuter rail lines — will also affect transit outside the subway system. The authority has postponed the purchase of more than 250 electric buses and charging infrastructure at bus depots, as well as upgrades to regional rails and a ramp reconstruction on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

The $12 billion remaining in the M.T.A.’s capital funds will be spent on projects the authority considers the most urgent, like track replacements and repairs to power substations. It will also replace some of the “least reliable” subway and railway cars, the authority said in a report.

All told, there are 92 subway stations that will not get planned improvements, including 22 stations that will not get new elevators or ramps; 10 that will not get upgrades like structural repairs, platform replacements and new barriers between platforms and tracks; and 71 that will not get upgrades to their public announcement systems.

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Below is a list of the subway stations where upgrades have been put on hold, based on what the M.T.A. has detailed so far:

Projects on hold at 41 stations in Brooklyn:

Union St R

  • upgrade to public announcement system

4 Av-9 St R

  • upgrade to public announcement system

36 St D N R

  • upgrade to public announcement system

59 St N R

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Bergen St F G

  • upgrade to public announcement system

15 St-Prospect Park F G

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Church Av F G

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Avenue X F

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Neptune Av F

  • upgrade to public announcement system
  • elevator or ramp installation
  • platform or waiting area replacement

Jay St-MetroTech A C F

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A C G

  • upgrade to public announcement system
  • elevator or ramp installation

Franklin Av C

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Nostrand Av A C

  • upgrade to public announcement system
  • elevator or ramp installation

Utica Av A C

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Euclid Av A C

  • upgrade to public announcement system

7 Av B Q

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Kings Hwy B Q

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Avenue U Q

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Neck Rd Q

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Sheepshead Bay B Q

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Brighton Beach B Q

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Ocean Pkwy Q

  • upgrade to public announcement system

W 8 St-NY Aquarium F Q

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Jefferson St L

  • elevator or ramp installation

Nevins St 2 3 4 5

  • platform or waiting area replacement

Crescent St J Z

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Norwood Av J Z

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Cleveland St J

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Van Siclen Av J Z

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Alabama Av J

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Chauncey St J Z

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Halsey St J

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Gates Av J Z

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Kosciuszko St J

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Myrtle Av J M Z

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Flushing Av J M

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Lorimer St J M

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Hewes St J M

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Marcy Av J M Z

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Kings Hwy N

  • elevator or ramp installation

18 Av D

  • elevator or ramp installation

Projects on hold at 9 stations in the Bronx:

Norwood-205 St D

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  • upgrade to public announcement system

Bedford Park Blvd B D

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Kingsbridge Rd B D

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Fordham Rd B D

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Tremont Av B D

  • upgrade to public announcement system

161 St-Yankee Stadium B D

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Wakefield-241 St 2

  • elevator or ramp installation

Brook Av 6

  • elevator or ramp installation
  • repairs for structural or aesthetic issues

3 Av-138 St 6

  • elevator or ramp installation
  • repairs for structural or aesthetic issues

Projects on hold at 27 stations in Manhattan:

Roosevelt Island F

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Lexington Av/63 St F Q

  • upgrade to public announcement system

47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr B D F M

  • upgrade to public announcement system

42 St-Bryant Pk B D F M

  • upgrade to public announcement system
  • elevator or ramp installation

34 St-Herald Sq B D F M

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Broadway-Lafayette St B D F M

  • upgrade to public announcement system

2 Av F

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Delancey St-Essex St F

  • upgrade to public announcement system
  • elevator or ramp installation

East Broadway F

  • upgrade to public announcement system

190 St A

  • repairs for structural or aesthetic issues

145 St A C B D

  • elevator or ramp installation

W 4 St-Wash Sq A C E

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Canal St A C E

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Chambers St A C

  • upgrade to public announcement system

World Trade Center E

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Lexington Av/59 St N R W

  • elevator or ramp installation

168 St 1

  • elevator or ramp installation

3 Av L

  • new fencing between platform and track

5 Av 7

  • elevator or ramp installation

Times Sq-42 St 7

  • new fencing between platform and track

Delancey St-Essex St J M Z

  • upgrade to public announcement system
  • elevator or ramp installation

Canal St J Z

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Chambers St J Z

  • upgrade to public announcement system
  • repairs for structural or aesthetic issues

Broad St J Z

  • upgrade to public announcement system

110 St 6

  • elevator or ramp installation

59 St 4 5 6

  • elevator or ramp installation

7 Av B D E

  • elevator or ramp installation

Projects on hold at 14 stations in Queens:

21 St-Queensbridge F

  • upgrade to public announcement system

111 St J

  • upgrade to public announcement system

75 St-Elderts Ln J Z

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd A

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer E J Z

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E J Z

  • new fencing between platform and track

Jamaica-Van Wyck E

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Parsons Blvd F

  • elevator or ramp installation

Sutphin Blvd F

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Briarwood E F

  • elevator or ramp installation
  • repairs for structural or aesthetic issues

Howard Beach-JFK Airport A

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Broad Channel A S

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Far Rockaway-Mott Av A

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St A S

  • upgrade to public announcement system

Projects on hold at 1 station in Staten Island:

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Clifton SIR

  • elevator or ramp installation

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