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I promise you that most New Yorkers are deeply unhappy with the subway. The pride that we feel in the MTA is in carving out a non-automobile based way of life

I promise you that most New Yorkers are deeply unhappy with the subway. The pride that we feel in the MTA is in carving out a non-automobile based way of life in a country where the ability to drive and own a a car is synonymous with independence and coming of age. We're also a little proud of the fact that it never stops running even if the trains are only running every twenty minutes. I can not describe how freeing it is to not feel bound by a metro closing time (as I so often do when I visit London or Seoul or Hong Kong).

yakovsi 9y ago
The fact that Moscow's subway outperforms NYC in every metric despite rampant corruption and embezzlement (buddy of mine used to be an engineer there) means one thing: MTA is inept beyond any measure and any repair. Some changes are in order to unshackle NYC Subway, so we all can be proud of it
- chimeracoder 9y ago
  > The fact that Moscow's subway outperforms NYC in every metric despite rampant corruption and embezzlement (buddy of mine used to be an engineer there) Wait, are you talking about Moscow? Because the MTA/TWU in New York is rife with corruption and embezzlement. That's the whole problem. I agree, though, with the ultimate point: the MTA is utterly inept (or more accurately: utterly corrupt) and needs massive reform. https://nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-construction-costs.html?referer= https://nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-cons...
  - lobster_johnson 9y ago
    I think he meant that Moscow is also extremely corrupt, yet outperforms NYC (despite comparative levels of corruption).