Plum Crazy

No more persuasive argument can be made for building the Second Avenue subway in New York than Wednesday's stand still on the Lexington Avenue subway. When signal outages shut down the 4, 5, and 6 lines for much of the day, hundreds of thousands of commuters were left scrambling for alternatives in an area bereft of them. Above 23 Street, there is only one subway corridor on Manhattan's east side. On the west side, commuters can choose from 4 separate north-south trunk lines. With the federal government seemingly on board to help fund the Second Avenue subway, it is up to Governor Pataki to join the game and show us the money. Hopefully, he will play and not punt.