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Lookee here; the MTA isn't problem per se, but rather the politicians egits vote into office. This includes everyone in Albany from governor on down.
Just as with Port Authority and the rest of public authorities they are creatures of politics. Thus if you want serious changes go up the food chain, not down. That is how 32BJ got their huge wage increase.....
Other issue is people run their mouths but no one wants to pay a penny more for a host of reasons. Will give you there is much room for improvement in the way MTA spends money; but again much of that comes from the top; specifically politicians who force/put in place rules/laws that give unions their huge tastes in MTA projects/employment.
NYT did a huge story on basically several hundred no show jobs for the dog of a East Side Access project. Not a peep did you hear from Albany nor many New Yorkers.
There is much that could be done to make MTA far more efficient and spend less money; but it would require action from elected officials. Good luck with that; unions run this state so don't expect any huge changes.
That being said a day of reckoning is coming. Like a housewife with a spending problem MTA has run up huge debts. So much so a large part of every dollar they take in goes to service said debt. As a consequence while people are still buying MTA paper, they are increasingly asking for higher rates. Meanwhile back at the ranch MTA has all this pie in the sky capital improvement schemes that need financing.
Oh s--t
Bugs talking that s--t
This is why I had to clean up around here
Cause I got tired and said f--k it
So we can get real s--t like this
Bugs, I gave Reps.
Staten Talkin
Carry on
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Lookee here; the MTA isn't problem per se, but rather the politicians egits vote into office. This includes everyone in Albany from governor on down.
Just as with Port Authority and the rest of public authorities they are creatures of politics. Thus if you want serious changes go up the food chain, not down. That is how 32BJ got their huge wage increase.....
Other issue is people run their mouths but no one wants to pay a penny more for a host of reasons. Will give you there is much room for improvement in the way MTA spends money; but again much of that comes from the top; specifically politicians who force/put in place rules/laws that give unions their huge tastes in MTA projects/employment.
NYT did a huge story on basically several hundred no show jobs for the dog of a East Side Access project. Not a peep did you hear from Albany nor many New Yorkers.
There is much that could be done to make MTA far more efficient and spend less money; but it would require action from elected officials. Good luck with that; unions run this state so don't expect any huge changes.
That being said a day of reckoning is coming. Like a housewife with a spending problem MTA has run up huge debts. So much so a large part of every dollar they take in goes to service said debt. As a consequence while people are still buying MTA paper, they are increasingly asking for higher rates. Meanwhile back at the ranch MTA has all this pie in the sky capital improvement schemes that need financing.
Ultimately if people want broader change they have to pay attention to local and state politics. However many people who complain about the MTA cannot be bothered to vote, especially in state or local races.
Cuomo has said he will push congestion pricing next year. That is how they will finance pay in the sky capital improvement schemes. Some other fees and taxes will likely be levied.
I love the MTA. I think they do a great job with the resources they have.
It’s funny how people complain but are unwilling to pay anything extra to make real change happen.
I come from 2 generations of MTA employees since 1975. Unless you are corrupt, politically motivated and officially on the take you can't do jack sh**. Even from the inside. The Union doesn't even protect employees anymore from poor working conditions on substandard equipment. The OSHA standards for these guys that do track work is a joke.
Hopefully the Canadian can turn things around but when it comes to busting through NY politics and Albany he may be in over his head.
NY politics is so whack that many don't feel they have a voice. Look at the Cuomo/Nixon campaign. Total corruption versus far-left ideological disaster. True, with single digit voter rates I guess we can only blame ourselves, but the choices offered simply don't speak to what NY really needs.
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Cortez managed on the usual Socialism schtick but how far is that going to get her in this new "Trumphiant" Era?
I come from 2 generations of MTA employees since 1975. Unless you are corrupt, politically motivated and officially on the take you can't do jack sh**. Even from the inside. The Union doesn't even protect employees anymore from poor working conditions on substandard equipment. The OSHA standards for these guys that do track work is a joke.
Hopefully the Canadian can turn things around but when it comes to busting through NY politics and Albany he may be in over his head.
WoW
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Cortez managed on the usual Socialism schtick but how far is that going to get her in this new "Trumphiant" Era?
The funny thing is it's the hipsters who voted for her. I live in her district. Trump really isn't what's at issue here, it's the fact that pretty much all of the Democratic Socialist platform a) Is un-affordable and against sound economic principals b) Will not genuinely redress the social and racial economic gaps in our society c) Simply refuses to acknowledge basic human psychology, leading to ever more "unintended consequences".
Thanks, I will. Or if I'm working that day, I'll just go to wherever youse guys are.
I'll probably be the oldest one there, unless Kefir King shows up. I know he's older than I am because he talked about doing adult things in the Sixties when I was still a kid.
This is what meb keflezighi had to say about the MTA.
"OMG!!! I rode the Subway by myself for the first time! I was just as nervous as I was before my first NYC Marathon. This is an even faster way of getting around NYC than running."
How much did MTA pay him to say this....
For those of you that don't know, He is a winner of several major marathons and has gone to the olympics
I think that's the point. It's meant to be cathartic, not instructive nore necessarily to be read, though of course, anyone who desires to is, at their own risk, welcome to. Since the MTA so readily and repeatedly presents itself as the cause for and recippient of manifold complaints, any frustrations and grievances over anyone or anything else can be relieved in a less detrimental way by expressing one's displeasure with the MTA on this suggested thread instead. Upset about your noisy inconsiderate neighbors? that unreasonable boss? your disfunctional family? those keys you still can't find? that nasty food you wasted your money on? the injustices of a torturous affordable housing lottery process? something another CD poster wrote?--just blame the MTA, not for what is actually bothering you, but for what they are already doing or failing to do. You can assuage negative emotions and unhelpful reactions about those other things, and vent your latest or recurrent annoyance with the MTA all at the same time. Furthermore, an additional benefit is that no MTA employee or property will be in jeopardy of being hurt or damaged. Hey, judging by the second paragraph of your post, Cida, you already got the thread off to a good start!
Reps to you for such a novel proposal, livingsinglenyc, but the system won't let me. Still, it seems like it might be an idea worthy of some consideration and exploration. However, in the event that the rest of us decide to give it a try, I'm afraid it could possibly break the City-Data server.
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Originally Posted by Cida
I don't think general complaint threads are a good idea. They end up running forever, for pages and pages, beyond what anyone would want to read, and they end up rambling.
I'll offer a counter-suggestion: Pick one aspect of the MTA that drives you crazy, and start a post about that - rude bus drivers, the disappearance of subway booths, the flaws with the SBS, the rising prices, the way metrocards rip off customers, etc.
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