Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction: A Long Wait for a Train 1
4. 1. From a Compact City into a Metropolis 10
5. 2. An Empty Promise 27
6. 3. The Billionaire’s Ambitions 49
7. 4. Construction Begins and Construction Ends 73
8. 5. Saving the Subway 96
9. 6. Planning from the Bottom Up 124
10. 7. A Twenty-First-Century Subway 157
11. 8. Building a Subway and Unleashing the Plagues 192
12. 9. Andrew Cuomo’s Finish Line 221
13. Conclusion: Delays Ahead 247
14. Acknowledgments 271
15. Key Dates in the Second Avenue Subway Saga 273
16. Notes 277
17. Index 341