Comments on: A State of Disrepair http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/29/a-state-of-disrepair/ A New York City Subway Blog Fri, 25 May 2012 06:33:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Boris http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/29/a-state-of-disrepair/#comment-41768 Boris Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:29:08 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1078#comment-41768 I wonder how fast conditions would improve if the workers pretended they are working for a private employer and actually started doing their jobs. Good management can only take you so far; it's the whole MTA culture that needs to change. I wonder how fast conditions would improve if the workers pretended they are working for a private employer and actually started doing their jobs. Good management can only take you so far; it’s the whole MTA culture that needs to change.

]]> By: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog » Blog Archive » Reports highlight a system falling into disrepair http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/29/a-state-of-disrepair/#comment-41696 Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog » Blog Archive » Reports highlight a system falling into disrepair Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:01:56 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1078#comment-41696 [...] by Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind and based on system-wide observations, found the subways to be structurally unsound, poorly maintained and largely unhygienic. Hikind and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer stop short of charging the MTA with [...] [...] by Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind and based on system-wide observations, found the subways to be structurally unsound, poorly maintained and largely unhygienic. Hikind and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer stop short of charging the MTA with [...]

]]> By: Alon Levy http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/29/a-state-of-disrepair/#comment-41617 Alon Levy Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:23:27 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1078#comment-41617 If Dov Hikind spent half as much time trying to improve the subway as he does hating on blacks and Muslims, for a start we might just have had congestion pricing by now. If Dov Hikind spent half as much time trying to improve the subway as he does hating on blacks and Muslims, for a start we might just have had congestion pricing by now.

]]> By: Marc Shepherd http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/07/29/a-state-of-disrepair/#comment-41592 Marc Shepherd Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:01:27 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1078#comment-41592 If they think that 100 stations are going to get structural improvements without a massive injection of capital, then they're living in fantasy land. These problems have needed fixing since before most of us were born. Generation after generation, we under-fund the subway, and amateur commentators say that if only the system were better managed, all of these problems could be fixed within the current budget. I am not suggesting the MTA is perfectly run, but the claim that management is incompetent seems to transcend eras. It seems to be a permanent state of affairs. If you have incompetent managers, you fire them. But if they're (allegedly) incompetent after 60-70 years, then you have a different problem. If they think that 100 stations are going to get structural improvements without a massive injection of capital, then they’re living in fantasy land. These problems have needed fixing since before most of us were born. Generation after generation, we under-fund the subway, and amateur commentators say that if only the system were better managed, all of these problems could be fixed within the current budget.

I am not suggesting the MTA is perfectly run, but the claim that management is incompetent seems to transcend eras. It seems to be a permanent state of affairs. If you have incompetent managers, you fire them. But if they’re (allegedly) incompetent after 60-70 years, then you have a different problem.

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