The Sunday Read: 'The Case for the Subway'

<p>Long before it became an archaic and filthy symbol of everything wrong with America’s broken cities, the New York subway was a marvel.</p><p>In recent years, it has been falling apart.</p><p>Today on The Sunday Read, a look at why failing to fix it would be a collective and historic act of self-destruction. </p><p><i>This story was written by <strong>Jonathan Mahler</strong> and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, </i><a href="https://www.audm.com/?utm_source=nytmag&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=case_for_subway_mahler" target="_blank"><i>download Audm for iPhone or Android</i></a><i>.</i></p><p> </p>