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Transit in the US seems to be constantly on a starvation diet budgetarily speaking so I'm not shocked small sums of money get chosen over options that would be
by rtkwe 2y ago
Transit in the US seems to be constantly on a starvation diet budgetarily speaking so I'm not shocked small sums of money get chosen over options that would be better for their users.
- rangestransform 2y agoStarvation diet? You should see how much NYC MTA spends, it’s a feast compared to even the rest of the anglosphere
- rtkwe 2y agoThe MTA is a huge outlier but still gets less money for upgrades and upkeep than they need. They limped along for years on extremely outdated train tracking infrastructure and are just getting around to doing updates that needed to be started two decades ago.
- rangestransform 2y agoThey get way more than they need, it’s just burnt on unions, pensions, and consultants I will literally volunteer my time to canvass for anyone who runs on busting NYC public sector unions
- panick21_ 2y agoCan you show actual evidence of that. Compare NYC spending to comparably large other systems?
- rangestransform 2y agohttps://transitcosts.com/ https://transitcosts.com/
- panick21_ 2y agoBuilding and operating are different things.