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Brian. Brian Mayer on WNYC, and now we turn to transit news in New York City.

We're nearly one month into congestion pricing, the proceeds of which will go to finance mass transit upgrades.

And mass transit is in dire need of upgrades.

The MTA wants $65 billion to repair and upgrade the MTA's core infrastructure over the next five years. And our WNIC and Gotham's colleagues, Stephen Nesson and Clayton Goosa, are out

with a new series that takes a close look at New York City's

crumbling subway system as they characterize it. The series is called State of Collapse,

and Stephen Nesson joins us now to break down this reporting and talk about some other recent

transit news as well. Hey, Stephen, always good to have you. Welcome back to the show.

Hi, Brian. Thanks for having me.

So state of collapse is a stark title for the series you're reporting, and I wonder why

you labeled it that. I mean, New Yorkers may experience delays and inconveniences on the trains

more than we would like, but state of collapse is probably not people's daily experiences.

I think it's fair to say.

So introduce us to this series.

So part of the thinking behind it is, you know, it's the little delays that add up across the system every single day.

So we took a look at some of the data.

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