Subways were delayed every morning of the week in August, except one, according to the Riders Alliance report

They were the days of train service dogs.

Signal problems delayed metro trains every morning in August – except Thursday, August 23 – according to a new study by the Riders Alliance.

The rights groups, released on Sunday after the decisive victory of Governor Andrew Cuomo, use the results to keep up pressure on the governor and other state officials to modernize the troubled metro system.

"Our goal is to make a daily Thursday, August 23," said John Raskin, executive director of the Riders Alliance, at a press conference outside the Barclays Center.

"Each of these delays represents thousands of people who are late for work, lose their wages, sometimes threatened with layoffs, thousands of people every morning," Raskin said. "And we all need our elected leaders, starting with Governor Cuomo, to raise the billions of dollars we will need to modernize the MTA and repair the subway system."

Each line, with the exception of line L, experienced signal delays or mechanical problems for one or more of the 23 weekday mornings, between 6 am and 10 am, according to the study. Lines D and R, which had problems in the morning, were tied for the most part. Line N was a close second with 15 mornings of service interruptions.

Raskin said the Alliance did not have the resources to analyze other months.

The month of August has marked a little over a year since the MTA adopted its action plan for the subway. The $ 836-million effort aims to stabilize the service that was declining so fast that Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a controversial "state of emergency" to speed up repairs.

Other groups, such as TransitCenter and the NYPIRG Straphangers campaign, joined the Alliance Riders on Sunday by asking Cuomo, who controls the MTA, to work with lawmakers to pass a strong congestion pricing plan in New York. . drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street.

It is estimated that congestion pricing could yield between $ 1 billion and $ 1.5 billion a year to help finance the MTA's $ 40 billion Fast Forward plan and its modernization over a 10-year period.

"The metro is one of the reasons our city is great … but it's failing us and the governor is shirking its responsibility to repair it," said Colin Wright of TransitCenter. "The runners are unhappy. They see a system that is getting worse, not better. Congestion rises and the subway literally collapses. "

In a statement, MTA spokesman Jon Weinstein defended the Metro Action Plan as an initiative that "halted a sharp drop in service" and brought "a series of essential improvements."

"The complete modernization of New York City Transit, in particular the upgrade of our signaling system, is essential to provide a safe and reliable metro service. A predictable and sustainable funding source is therefore essential for the Fast Forward plan to become a reality. Weinstein said.

But Brooklyn City Councilor Brad Lander described the notion that the subway service has improved since last year and became a "fantasy" and did not buy the "gloss" from the MTA.

"We have the same metro crisis – in some ways, even worse," said Lander.

The setting of the MTA was a key campaign issue for the governor's challenger, Cynthia Nixon, and remains a candidate for GOP candidate Marc Molinaro. Last month, Molinaro released a 30-page detailed report to resolve "waste, fraud and abuse" within the agency. Both supported the Fast Forward and congestion pricing as a way to pay for part of it.

"I think the substance of the primaries shows that the crisis in the transit system is in the minds of all voters, regardless of the level of office for which people show up," Raskin said. "And you saw it at the election of the governor; You've seen it in the state senate elections – when people talk about whether the government is working or not, the failure of the transit crisis is an indication that everyone is looking at whether our government is responding the basic needs of New Yorkers.

Cuomo attempted to blame De Blasio's administration, frequently pointing out that the city owns the subway system. But the city rents the system to the state-run MTA and Cuomo appoints the president and CEO of the authority.

Last year, Mr. Cuomo approved congestion pricing and convened a panel called Fix NYC to develop a plan for the city. He failed to get full plan support among state legislators. On the Friday following his first victory, Cuomo emphasized the need to consider congestion pricing in Albany.

But he also demanded an increase in public transit funding for the city, saying the city and state should share the cost of MTA's next investment plan – the AMF's five-year plan for major projects. and the structure by which Fast Forward will likely be financed.

"The governor alone has revived the idea of ​​congestion pricing, has led the charge to get it passed and has managed to get the first phase this year," said Peter Ajemian, spokesman for the governor. "The time of Riders Alliance would be better spent to convince those who need to be convinced – members of parliament and the town hall."

Wine has covered transportation to amNewYork since 2016. It first landed in the newspaper of his hometown, Staten Island Advance, in 2014.