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PersonalFan480 t1_jbvazv1 wrote

Reply to comment by notqualitystreet in Cost of 2nd Avenue Subway extension to East Harlem balloons to $7.7B by Grass8989

https://transitcosts.com/wp-content/uploads/NewYork_Case_Study.pdf

Sums up as incompetence at every level of the MTA. The MTA does not have the engineering staff to build its own subways, nor to design their own subways, nor to supervise the contractors who would do the above. For that matter, they cannot handle even simple capital projects at a reasonable cost.

And the leadership, who are mostly political hacks and career managers who haven't had an original thought in decades all drive and so do not use their own product. They also do not care nor want to learn about best practices for subway operations. Meanwhile the MTA, instead of developing in house capacity to handle capital projects, has created a stupidly complex rule book that inflates costs because for-profit contractors aren't just going to eat the extra costs of compliance.

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joyousRock t1_jbv9eh9 wrote

Reply to comment by MrCertainly in Latest subway cars roll into service, start their journey on the A line by kuberlog

I understand your point that our country’s gun laws are insane and I agree with you. our gun laws are problematic because we have more guns than any other country on earth and therefore a horrific level of gun violence. That’s the reason they should be modified, not because the 2nd amendment was written in the 18th century. Those are 2 different arguments, one is the actual logical reason for change and the other is just stupid nonsense.

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MarkMan267 t1_jbv5kmq wrote

Reply to comment by IIAOPSW in Latest subway cars roll into service, start their journey on the A line by kuberlog

Even though he didn't have supervision over his shoulder, it doesn't change ny main point....had he been qualified, the chances of that happening would have been slim to none.

Oh, and by the way, entertaining kids "curious about the cockpit" isn't the same as giving them the controls to the plane for a few seconds or minutes. If I'm guilty of a bait and switch, sounds like I'm not the only one here.

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IIAOPSW t1_jbuwn04 wrote

Reply to comment by kellyformula in Latest subway cars roll into service, start their journey on the A line by kuberlog

Its only autism when you fail at life. When you're successful its neurodiversity. You know the difference between Mark Zuckerberg and an aspergers diagnosis? A billion dollars.

Hmm lets see. Obsessed with trains, deeply into routines and organization, speak bluntly because unconcerned with social graces, hyper focused on details nobody else gives a shit about, often found in very technical fields like data science... Fuck yeah I want a neurodiverse mayor. In fact, I want the whole civic service to be neurodiverse as fuck. I can't think of a single government function which wouldn't benefit from having them run it. From now on, no more hiring normies at city hall.

When the neurodiverse come to power, second ave subway will finally get done. So will every other transit project. They won't get fatigued by arguments with karens and nimbys, their capacity to not back down no matter who it upsets is unparalleled. Corruption will end because it would be too upsetting to them to break the rules. All the named streets will become numbered. Queens will finally have a real grid system, by way of bulldozer if need be. It will be a utopia. Frankly, we should have made these people into the political class ages ago.

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IIAOPSW t1_jburuxx wrote

Reply to comment by MarkMan267 in Latest subway cars roll into service, start their journey on the A line by kuberlog

Before everything got up tight over 9/11, pilots were happy to entertain kids curious about the cockpit. Most people were in fact totally cool with it for "just a few seconds" or "eh, its just for fun".

Malbone Street was not an instance of letting someone unqualified-but-supervised touch the controls for a bit. Malbone street happened because the BRT hired some union scabs and then tossed them the keys with basically no training. There was nobody over Luciano's shoulder telling him to slow down when he took that 6 mph turn at over 30 mph. It was not a one off ride with him either, he had been operating the train unqualified and unsupervised for about a week. Don't bait and switch me, I know my history too.

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