New York will also join a handful of cities around the world to deploy trains with open pathways between cars that can squeeze in more riders at a time when the subway struggles under the burden of accommodating nearly six million rides every day.The first cars, which will be manufactured under a contract between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Japanese company, Kawasaki, are scheduled to be delivered in July 2020.

Source: New York Set to Acquire the Next Generation of Subway Cars – The New York Times