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Yet I have heard horror stories of how it was so run down in the 70's and 80's that people were afraid to even take it at all. Isn't this a case of people glor
by Joeri 9y ago
Yet I have heard horror stories of how it was so run down in the 70's and 80's that people were afraid to even take it at all.
Isn't this a case of people glorifying the past? Are there objective metrics that demonstrate service quality has degraded (reduced train frequency, reduced amount of seats, etc...)?
- chimeracoder 9y ago> Are there objective metrics that demonstrate service quality has degraded (reduced train frequency, reduced amount of seats, etc...) Yes, there are, and the NYTimes has reported that data in previous articles from this same series.
- mrjaeger 9y agoSaid article https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/28/nyregion/subway-delays-overcrowding.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/28/nyregion/subw...
- keevie 9y agoIt was really terrible in the 70s when the city went bankrupt. Then it got better, and now it's getting worse again.
- Animats 9y agoThe state took over the subway system when the city went broke. The MTA is a state agency.
- jsjohnst 9y agoI didn’t live in NYC during that era, but from my understanding it was a personal safety issue (gangs), not a mechanical safety issue. I can emphatically state that five years ago, there was much less over crowding, more frequent trains, and less delays.