1. Each employee on a train costs well over $100k/year: going from 2 employees per train (driver & conductor) to 1 would save on the order of $200+ million dollars a year.
2. Wifi in stations is entirely paid for by the advertising portal, so that upgrade was "free" for the MTA.
2. Wifi in stations is entirely paid for by the advertising portal, so that upgrade was "free" for the MTA.