What Would It Take to Fix New York’s Subway?
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What Would It Take to Fix New York’s Subway?
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Re: What Would It Take to Fix New York’s Subway?
#2New York doesn't have enough money to get it done. The politicians are too busy paying for all the election promises they've made over the last 50 years. And they absolutely need to cut the bureaucracy (code word for 'unions' and 'government agencies') that are deeply entrenched in the government.
I don't think New York can do it until the people get tired of watching the decay and the current political machine gets voted out.
BTW: If you disagree please talk out your points.
Re: What Would It Take to Fix New York’s Subway?
#3Privatize it. Like it was originally built.
Re: What Would It Take to Fix New York’s Subway?
#4New York doesn't have enough money to get it done. The politicians are too busy paying for all the election promises they've made over the last 50 years. And they absolutely need to cut the bureaucracy (code word for 'unions' and 'government agencies') that are deeply entrenched in the government. I don't think New York can do it until the people get tired of watching the decay and the current political machine gets…
We have enough money, if we get our costs under control. Our capital costs (and operating costs...actually everything) are much higher than most other cities/countries. Some good analysis here[1], in addition to this series the NY Times is running.
Re: What Would It Take to Fix New York’s Subway?
#5New York doesn't have enough money to get it done. The politicians are too busy paying for all the election promises they've made over the last 50 years. And they absolutely need to cut the bureaucracy (code word for 'unions' and 'government agencies') that are deeply entrenched in the government. I don't think New York can do it until the people get tired of watching the decay and the current political machine gets…
I'm curious how much money is needed. Why is it that Japan, Hong Kong and most developed European cities have much better rail transportation ? I don't think money is the only issue. NYC is probably one of the richest cities in the world and yet you say they don't have the money to fix this ?
I know construction in US is expensive but it can't be that bad.
Re: What Would It Take to Fix New York’s Subway?
#6New York doesn't have enough money to get it done. The politicians are too busy paying for all the election promises they've made over the last 50 years. And they absolutely need to cut the bureaucracy (code word for 'unions' and 'government agencies') that are deeply entrenched in the government. I don't think New York can do it until the people get tired of watching the decay and the current political machine gets…
We have enough money, if we get our costs under control. Our capital costs (and operating costs...actually everything) are much higher than most other cities/countries. Some good analysis here[1], in addition to this series the NY Times is running. [1] https://pedestrianobservations.com/construction-costs/
New York isn’t a greenfield project. There’s a massive legacy system with decades of maintenance debt. Of course it’s going to be more expensive to fix than to maintain an already-maintained system.
Re: What Would It Take to Fix New York’s Subway?
#7Privatize it. Like it was originally built.
London Underground was privatised, then the government had to step in to rescue the firm that went bankrupt...
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#8If Philly had a subway system as connected as NYC I would be happy.
Re: What Would It Take to Fix New York’s Subway?
#9I still don't understand why the signal system takes so long to upgrade.
Can't they install most of the new system while the old one is still working on the same tracks? And isn't digital signalling available from contractors that have already done the work in other cities?
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#10I still don't understand why the signal system takes so long to upgrade. Can't they install most of the new system while the old one is still working on the same tracks? And isn't digital signalling available from contractors that have already done the work in other cities?
No downtime. The system runs 24/7/365.