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> The New York subway by contrast is literally struggling to hit 70% on time performance. Because politicians cut its budget while requiring 24/7 operation, no
by TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
> The New York subway by contrast is literally struggling to hit 70% on time performance.
Because politicians cut its budget while requiring 24/7 operation, not because the subway operator doesn't have ~profit motive~
- chachachoney 7y ago>> Because politicians cut its budget while requiring 24/7 operation, not because the subway operator doesn't have ~profit motive~ The MTA's dysfunction and inefficiency scale to accomodate whatever budget they are given and this will continue until city and state politicians are actually held accountable for its performance.
- beerandt 7y agoWhy would you think public utilities are any less beholden to politics than public transport? If anything, utilities are almost always monopolies, transport at least has some competition.
- harryh 7y agoThe MTA is currently in the process of spending 5 billion dollars on ~70 elevators. The inefficiency (and, frankly, corruption) of the agency is staggering. The organization's problems have very very little to do with budget constraints.
- throw0101a 7y agoAnd yet Berlin, Paris, and Copenhagen are all able to build similar infrastructure for much less: * https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/1/14112776/new-york-second-avenue-subway-phase-2 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/1/14112776/ne... Chicago seems to be doing okay, or at least much better than NYC: * https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/nyregion/chicago-l-train-mta-subway.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/nyregion/chicago-l-train-... The problems of the MTA are unique to the MTA itself (AFAICT), and should not necessarily be extrapolated to other places.