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I feel like you took only one part of my comment to disagree with out of context with the rest- I'm not even disagreeing that the MTA is inefficient, I'm just s

I feel like you took only one part of my comment to disagree with out of context with the rest- I'm not even disagreeing that the MTA is inefficient, I'm just saying that by looking at only one data point (cost/mile), you're disregarding many others. I think NYC is a bit of a perfect storm situation: - 24 hour operations - High labor costs, coupled with strong unions - Legacy infrastructure to maintain (vs. new subways) - extremely dense infrastructure to manage (NYC under-street infrastructure is famously messy/complex) - Huge distance of track to maintain - Large square mileage of city area to contend with Surely this has to play a big part in the cost of building subways in NYC vs. simply, "The MTA wastes money"?

yummyfajitas 11y ago
While size and square mileage would make things worse per km (or per km^2), they shouldn't affect unit costs. See also these tweets (also from the linked thread) and various others by MarketUrbanism: https://twitter.com/MarketUrbanism/status/639265131885686784 https://twitter.com/MarketUrbanism/status/639265131885686784 https://twitter.com/MarketUrbanism/status/639445006084886529 https://twitter.com/MarketUrbanism/status/639445006084886529 Apparently turf wars ("Your job is to keep the LIRR out of Grand Central") and union contracts do contribute a lot to this perfect storm. I don't understand why you disagree with my use of the word "waste" to describe this.