By: wjeune
Honestly, all of the excuses get a little tiring. Let us not forget we are dealing with an organization that somehow was unable to account for several millions of dollars in their budget, and then...
View ArticleBy: rp
subways out because of heavy rain and no communication of what’s running and what’s not Bloomberg is the 311 mayor-the technology priest and not a single place to find out what the heck is going on it...
View ArticleBy: Shawn
You all have great ideas here…. but one question: how many of you want to pay for them? If not, then politely stop complaining. The NY Subway is a wonder, but a 100 year old wonder that has not been...
View ArticleBy: Chet Cutick
Shawn (#28) has it so right. We want, we want, we want….but no one wants to pay. Firstly, a correction. I believe the London bus system uses GPS so signs at certain stops can tell you how long until...
View ArticleBy: Sam Shukovsky
Wow, people are really worked up over this. Flooding happens once every few years (three times in the last 15 according to the article), yet people are screaming for rebuilding the complete...
View ArticleBy: Jim
Read the report posted by Louis Massano: http://www.bcnys.org/whatsnew/2001/1211balance.htm Table 1 lists 10 states who are essentially providing welfare for the rest of the country – shown in Table 2....
View ArticleBy: Allen
Well, for those who are curious, I’d refer you to the MTA’s 2007 budget: http://www.mta.info/mta/budget/pdf/adopted07_1.pdf It makes for fascinating reading (who knew this years’s operating budget...
View ArticleBy: Louis Massano
To Allen at 1:46 pm You wrote: …(who knew this years’s operating budget amounts to $2,804 dollars per *foot* of track, or that maintenance only accounts for 13% of annual operating expenses, while HR...
View ArticleBy: Allen
Hi Louis - By HR I meant human resources, or “labor expenses,” as the pie chart on p. 10 and the table on p. 11 put it. This is broken out into payroll, overtime, “health and welfare,” pensions,...
View ArticleBy: bob
Allen, Good idea to look at the actual numbers. But most maintenance is done by people so that is a large chunk of the HR. Cut the HR and who will do the work. If you think the compensation at the MTA...
View ArticleBy: Allen
Hi Bob, The 13% maintenance number I got by summing “maintenance and other operating contracts,” “professional service contracts,” and “materials and supplies”…these are separate line items from the...
View ArticleBy: Laid Off
Allen, do you really believe that for one minute private enterprises are that more efficient? I think it’s all part of the myth of American Efficiency or Ingenuity, which are just that, myths.
View ArticleBy: Louis Massano
Hi Allen – Thanks for your reply at 4:14pm on 9 August. I’ll take a closer look at that budget.
View ArticleBy: Mike Pautke
Sorry it took so long for me to get in on the conversation, but I just woke up from a well deserved rest. You see, I am 1 of the roughly 160 maintainers that inspect and repair the nearly 400 pumping...
View ArticleBy: Trevor
Floods are Dangerous. The Reason why Floods occur in the New York Subway System, is because. If the water pumps that pumps out the water fail, then the water from the ocean or rain, since the Subway is...
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