Gothamist: Subway's Future Dims as Economy Stalls

longacre

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:42:16 -0500

Kevin: I couldn't disagree more. Building SAS is pointless if the rest of the system is not properly maintained and begins to fail.

Cliffer_ny

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:08:43 -0500

@spiritross, "The subway system is still running at the highest most efficient level it ever has" No kidding ? Well I guess we all should be grateful of this best ever system. In the meantime allow me to find the 4 line pathetic, and the 2 line worst. Not even speaking about the W line or the F line, Yeah the F line you know the one when you are on Roosevelt island and wants to get back to Manhattan on week-end but doesn't work, no worry let switch to the tram, oh no tram... But hey you know it seems this the most efficient level it ever has, (well except when it rains but that a different issue, I guess...)

spiritross

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:59:26 -0500

Just keep going on it The subway system is still running at the highest most efficient level it ever has people should never forget that

williambruce

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:52:47 -0500

Seriously? And I bet they get a bailout like Wall Street, only this one will come from the pockets of passengers. Oh wait, so does the Wall Street bailout. Why are "we the people" left to clean up the mess these incompetent assholes make? This has got to stop. There needs to be accountability for once, but I guess when we have a douche bag at the highest office who has yet to be held accountable, no one else should.

Jerky

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:10:56 -0500

>ow, five years later, nobody else has made a bid to supply the >MTA, so they're getting squeezed by a lone supplier to the tune of >$26 million–three times what it paid last year. Only a total idiot would think its a good idea to run your entire bus fleet on an obscure fuel produced at a single American refinery. In addition, having heard the inside story from someone at Sprague, it was also MTA's fault regarding their current supply situation. The incompetence is staggering.....

ANGRYGOD11

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:23:33 -0500

Howard H. Roberts Jr., President of New York City Transit You lazy bastards couldn't be bother to Google him, so you don't know jack nor Howard. Roberts served in the U.S. Army from 1961-1981, with assignments ranging from the White House to the rice paddies of South Vietnam. Roberts graduated sixth in his class at West Point and holds masters degrees in public affairs and engineering from Princeton University. Roberts previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Pennsylvania's SEPTA transit system and returns to NYCT more than twenty years after serving as its vice president for surface transit. It seems on your little world a Princeton engineering grad doesn't know math?

Snoopy

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:50:58 -0500

I don't know what to do with this mess. Perhaps Spirit of 76 has an answer. He thinks he has answers to everything else.

angry_pickle

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:24:28 -0500

Howard H. Roberts Jr., president of New York City Transit, admits is the result of poor choices. What exactly does this person do all day? I wonder if the MTA has ever hired anyone with a degree in science or math.

Steven

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:21:39 -0500

How many times have we heard this? When has the MTA EVER had enough money? All they do is cry the blues, keep wasting money and giving out bloated salaries.

JenChungsBra

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:20:40 -0500

I just got a new job where I can walk to work every day. So screw you MTA, someone else can have my seat.

Wza

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:54:35 -0500

I agree with Kevin. Whenever the MTA gives a timetable on projects I usually double the years..usually seems about right.

iralarry

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:30:47 -0500

Now both elevators at the Court Street stop in Bklyn on the R/M line are broken which means elderly people have to walk up or down 5 flights of stairs. This is the beginning of the end. ALL the money is gone now.

BxTiger

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:08:53 -0500

Par for the course when reporting on governmental agencies. MTA, PA, etc. Mismanagement is the norm when talking about MTA. If these goons actually had to manage a for-profit business, they would have been fired long ago (unless they worked on Wall Street).

peanut100

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:37:09 -0500

man, nyc is wearin me out these days. mta, you stink!!

ides_of_march

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:35:11 -0500

How much would it cost to get MTA employees to practice common courtesy towards passengers?

arf arf arf

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:28:01 -0500

JESUS it sucks Dear Michael Bloomberg: Fire everyone at the MTA and start over. It's not working. Thanks, Arf

dr zippy

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:23:15 -0500

Kevin's exactly right. The electronic signs are a nice convenience but only provide a marginal benefit to the city's transportation system. The 2nd Ave subway and bus rapid transit, on the other hand, are vital for the city's future sustainability and growth.

Toby von Meistersinger

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:05:36 -0500

God forbid they cut management.

eyekantspel

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:47:35 -0500

jesus the MTA sucks

Kevin Walsh

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:44:58 -0500

Drop the electronic signs and station reno's in favor of the 2nd Avenue project. It must be built. They probably won't, though. www.forgotten-ny.com