A new report urges the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to pick up the pace on making station repairs throughout a system that's more than a century old and to look for new ways to fund the work. NY1's Jose Martinez filed this report.

There are 468 stations in the subway and most of them are showing wear and tear.

A new report by the Citizens Budget Commission says only 16 percent meet the MTA's standards for being in a state of good repair.

Thirty-three stations got the worst rating—and about half of them are in Queens—more than in any other borough. One 7 train stop at 61st Street in Woodside got a failing grade.

"They're not in good shape. They haven't been in good shape in years," one rider says.

The report is based on MTA ratings for items like stairs, platform edges and tiles. It says the MTA is just not keeping up with the need for maintenance. 

"At the current pace of work, it appears as though they will never catch up with the state of good repair," says Citizens Budget Commission Research Associate Jamison Dague.

The MTA says it's budgeted nearly $3 billion for station work over five years  nearly a fifth of its Capital Program. It adds that renovations and repairs are not easy in a 24-hour system.

"Even if we had all the funds to fix every single station, we can't do all the stations at one time. So it needs to be a concerted, targeted effort," says MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz.

The report counters that the MTA needs to get creative—for example, by partnering with the private sector.

"Maybe the possibilioty of taking a station or a group of stations and using sort of a conservancy model, much like the parks have done. In that you have a group dedicated to ensuring that a station is maintained," says Jamison Dague.

The report even says the MTA should divert spending from big projects like building the Second Avenue Subway, toward station renovations.

The MTA says that idea is a no-go, given that the subway system is struggling to keep up with its highest ridership in close to 70 years and everything that brings with it.

"At a time when ridership is at its highest, causing overcrowding and more delays, we are steadfast in our commitment to provide funding for expansion projects that will alleviate that overcrowding," Ortiz says.

 To check the condition of any station in the system, go to cbcny.org.