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Loss of state capacity, everything outsourced including design and oversight. Politicians focused on spending as a win (jobs) rather than the outcome of a well
by steveBK123 1y ago
Loss of state capacity, everything outsourced including design and oversight.
Politicians focused on spending as a win (jobs) rather than the outcome of a well run transit system.
Shiny object syndrome funding unneeded cavernous mezzanines in the handful of new stations on new lines we do build, each custom designed instead of cookie cutter.
Multi state regional agency run on political patronage operating our biggest transit system with funding coming from a variety of unreliable sources.
List goes on.
- HPsquared 1y agoContractors skimming off the top...
- idiotsecant 1y agoAbsolutely not even in the top hundred biggest problems. Fundamentally the problem is that we don't care about infrastructure maintenance because we have the political inclinations of angry toddlers. We are incapable of making decisions with long-term ramifications in mind. The USA is in the slow decline phase, and I'm not sure it's a process that is reversible.
- bigyabai 1y agoName three bigger cost drivers for taxpayers.
- rekenaut 1y agoNot to mention the endless legal fights to get anything new built.