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Instead of doing work on nights or weekends, the MTA could shut down entire segments of a subway line, even on weekdays.

While it will be an inconvenience to riders, officials say projects would be completed much faster.

"It may be that rather than have the pain by a thousand small cuts, it would be better to work intensively to get things done and get out quickly," said MTA Chairman Jay Walder.

This is how repairs are done in London, where Walder used to work. Walder has reportedly asked his staff to evaluate the impact of weekday repair work.

"In some places we might have a subway line that's literally a half mile or a mile away and we might be able to shuttle people from one place to another," said Walder. "These are the kinds of things that we have to look at. If it overwhelms our capacity to allow New Yorkers to have mobility, it doesn't work."

NY1 spoke with riders on both sides of the debate Friday.

"If you're coming here every Saturday and every Sunday you know for the next, let's say four or five weeks or so, then you know, you have to make other ways of getting around, it's a pain in the behind,” said one rider. “My thing is just one shot, knock it out.”

"I sympathize with people who work on weekends, because I do work on the weekends also, and it's very difficult," agreed another. "It's very inconvenient."

“Until they add more lines in the city, I think it would be a bad idea to shut any of the subway systems down for a long period of time, especially since not everyone has any other means of transportation,” said a third.

Meanwhile, the MTA is trying to speed up commutes for drivers. The agency is reportedly creating a new overnight shift for workers who do pothole repairs and hang signs at MTA bridges at tunnels.

On Thursday, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and City Comptroller John Liu announced they began an audit of how New York City Transit manages and schedules maintenance projects.