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>So why doesn’t the MTA embed accountants with every major project in the world and get to the bottom of this cost disease? Like with any organization, follow
by dsfyu404ed 7y ago
>So why doesn’t the MTA embed accountants with every major project in the world and get to the bottom of this cost disease?
Like with any organization, follow the incentives. I'm betting the performance reviews in the top half of the MTA are pegged to metrics that don't have to do with service delivered per dollar.
- bobthepanda 7y agoMTA appointees serve at the will of the governor. The construction lobby is a frequent large donor to political campaigns in New York. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."