The New York City Subway
No CoverAcademic thesis on NYC subway crises, repair politics, and how infrastructure fantasies shape capital and policy.
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Academic thesis on NYC subway crises, repair politics, and how infrastructure fantasies shape capital and policy.
In many ways, large infrastructural systems like the subway represent a collective fantasy of the city - a shared physical apparatus that shapes individual routines, desires and identities. The subway is what enables the vision of New York City as “The Greatest City on Earth” - “The City that Never Sleeps.” From the day that the first underground line opened in 1904, the subway system has run 24/7, setting the terms for social and economic life in the city. These visions are enabled by the mater...
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Central analysis of MTA spending priorities and socio-political repair logics
No self-harm or suicide content present
Crisis impacts of Sandy, system failure, and pandemic discussed analytically
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