http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/10/14/a-system-taxed-and-in-need-of-repair-looks-for-answers/ A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:20:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/10/14/a-system-taxed-and-in-need-of-repair-looks-for-answers/#comment-55033 Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog » Blog Archive » R160s spotted on the F line Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:30:18 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1494#comment-55033 [...] 2nd Ave. Subway History « A system, taxed and in need of repair, looks for answers [...] [...] 2nd Ave. Subway History « A system, taxed and in need of repair, looks for answers [...]

]]> http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/10/14/a-system-taxed-and-in-need-of-repair-looks-for-answers/#comment-55016 Christopher Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:02:41 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1494#comment-55016 And the additional ironic thing? This is exactly the time TO be investing in infrastructure. Material and labor costs are low during slumps. Project costs are thus significantly lower than they were even a year ago. There is also a need for jobs and massive investment by the government and banks into public works projects are the exact kind of thing that will help ease the slump and create a significantly more prosperous recovery. This is the heart of the new deal of course which when coupled with the military spending of WWII made for the prosperous post war decades with the U.S. enjoying the fruits of the investment in infrastructure -- bridges, public buildings, transportation, research/education and power generation -- investments of the 1930s and 1940s during the 50s and 60s. And the additional ironic thing? This is exactly the time TO be investing in infrastructure. Material and labor costs are low during slumps. Project costs are thus significantly lower than they were even a year ago. There is also a need for jobs and massive investment by the government and banks into public works projects are the exact kind of thing that will help ease the slump and create a significantly more prosperous recovery. This is the heart of the new deal of course which when coupled with the military spending of WWII made for the prosperous post war decades with the U.S. enjoying the fruits of the investment in infrastructure — bridges, public buildings, transportation, research/education and power generation — investments of the 1930s and 1940s during the 50s and 60s.

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