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> Neither are Republican places. This is true at both the city and state level, which is where the control and funding for these metros comes from not the feder

> Neither are Republican places. This is true at both the city and state level, which is where the control and funding for these metros comes from not the federal level. Wrong about NY. Albany's government might as well be from another planet compared to NYC. They currently have a Republican controlled Senate. And it is the state-level that usually hamstrings the MTA. 2009 was a particularly bad year in which the MTA budget got raided [1] and the government was in a deadlock [2]. [1] https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2010/03/09/albany-didnt-cut-the-mta-budget-they-stole-from-it/ https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2010/03/09/albany-didnt-cut-the-... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_New_York_State_Senate_leadership_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_New_York_State_Senate_lea...

tokyodude 8y ago
should follow Japan? https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2011/10/why-tokyos-privately-owned-rail-systems-work-so-well/389/ https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2011/10/why-tokyos-pr...
bogomipz 8y ago
No I am not wrong about New York, Republicans might currently control the senate but the State Assembly in Albany has been controlled by Democrats every year since 1992[1]. And it takes both chambers to pass legislation doesn't it? Your first link completely supports my point: >"A plan to shrink the state budget by $2.7 billion to keep New York from going broke was passed by the Legislature on Wednesday." That would be the same Democrat-controlled since 1992 state legislature that passed that budget plan. Furthermore the Governor appoints 6 of the 17 seats of the MTA board. And Governor Cuomo is a Democrat from NYC(Queens.) And the the Mayor another Democrat gets to appoint 4 seats. Thats 10 of the 17, for a majority.[1] Let's also point out that New York state has had a Democratic Governor for the last 11 years as well. So those board seat decisions have been by a Democrat for over a decade now. That certainly seems like a healthy does ofDemocrat influence doesn't it? Maybe do a little more fact checking before telling people they are wrong. And to be clear the context of my comment was in response to the OP who was insisting that the sad state of mass transit in NYC and SF is because of Republicans and that simply not true as both parties are equally to blame. Failure to fund infrastructure is failure by government period. Reductionist partisan finger pointing is what those have failed us would like us to believe. [1] https://ballotpedia.org/New_York_State_Legislature https://ballotpedia.org/New_York_State_Legislature [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/nyregion/who-runs-new-yorks-subway.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/nyregion/who-runs-new-yor...

tokyodude 8y ago

should follow Japan? https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2011/10/why-tokyos-privately-owned-rail-systems-work-so-well/389/ https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2011/10/why-tokyos-pr...

bogomipz 8y ago

No I am not wrong about New York, Republicans might currently control the senate but the State Assembly in Albany has been controlled by Democrats every year since 1992[1]. And it takes both chambers to pass legislation doesn't it? Your first link completely supports my point: >"A plan to shrink the state budget by $2.7 billion to keep New York from going broke was passed by the Legislature on Wednesday." That would be the same Democrat-controlled since 1992 state legislature that passed that budget plan. Furthermore the Governor appoints 6 of the 17 seats of the MTA board. And Governor Cuomo is a Democrat from NYC(Queens.) And the the Mayor another Democrat gets to appoint 4 seats. Thats 10 of the 17, for a majority.[1] Let's also point out that New York state has had a Democratic Governor for the last 11 years as well. So those board seat decisions have been by a Democrat for over a decade now. That certainly seems like a healthy does ofDemocrat influence doesn't it? Maybe do a little more fact checking before telling people they are wrong. And to be clear the context of my comment was in response to the OP who was insisting that the sad state of mass transit in NYC and SF is because of Republicans and that simply not true as both parties are equally to blame. Failure to fund infrastructure is failure by government period. Reductionist partisan finger pointing is what those have failed us would like us to believe. [1] https://ballotpedia.org/New_York_State_Legislature https://ballotpedia.org/New_York_State_Legislature [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/nyregion/who-runs-new-yorks-subway.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/nyregion/who-runs-new-yor...