Subways better, still in state of emergency

Subways are on the right track, but getting nowhere fast.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Monday that subway performance in New York City is better, but the system that moves millions of people every day is still in a state of emergency,

The MTA touted big improvements in on-time performance, boasting that weekday delays are the fewest in five years.

But while taking the trains on a victory lap, MTA honchos were quick to caution that these are small steps.

“We’ve got a long way to go,” said MTA President Patrick Foye. “The emergency is still in effect. Look, we’re not satisfied with this performance. We’ve come a long way. We’ve got a long way to go.”

Gov. Cuomo’s declaration in 2017 that New York City’s subway system was in a state of emergency led to a $836 million Subway Action Plan that has reduced the number of incidents that cause delays and trains are moving faster. “There’s nothing more important to a New Yorker than their time,” Foye (photo) said.” It’s the most extraordinary asset that they have.”

But, he said, nothing short of a congestion pricing plan and other sources of revenue would bring the improvements everyone wants.

Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio recently reached an accord on a funding proposal for the MTA’s capital needs.

It includes a fee on vehicles entering Manhattan below 61st St., with some undefined “hardship” and medical exemptions, plus cannabis tax money in the city and an internet sales tax.