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A new station is very beneficial politically - it sways voting, whereas nobody gets that excited by maintenance.
by tormeh 11y ago
A new station is very beneficial politically - it sways voting, whereas nobody gets that excited by maintenance.
- zem 11y agosounds like every programming job ever :(
- greenyoda 11y agoA new station is only useful to the small minority of riders who use it, while system-wide infrastructure problems affect everyone. Upgrading signalling on a train line would make life better for many more people than building one new station: trains would be able to run more often (which would make them less crowded) and the system would break down less often (the ancient signalling hardware is currently the least reliable part of the system). I heard that the new signalling on the L line is economically reviving a large part of Brooklyn now that it has reliable train service to Manhattan. And wouldn't people who suffer daily from late and crowded trains and have to deal with leaky stations with perpetually broken elevators be likely to vote against the current politicians when they run for re-election?