http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/02/20/at-7-extension-groundbreaking-bloomberg-slams-sas/ A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:37:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/02/20/at-7-extension-groundbreaking-bloomberg-slams-sas/#comment-58912 Alon Levy Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:18:37 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2302#comment-58912 Shorter Bloomberg: if a subway extension can't be used to reward my developer friends, it's not worth anything. Shorter Bloomberg: if a subway extension can’t be used to reward my developer friends, it’s not worth anything.

]]> http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/02/20/at-7-extension-groundbreaking-bloomberg-slams-sas/#comment-58897 Kai Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:44:19 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2302#comment-58897 So he's saying the 7-Line extension is so much better because it won't hurt businesses (as much)? That might have something to do with the 7-Line extension only having one station and that one being in a non-retail area. Granted, the SAS could have been dug even deeper with less cut and cover, but at what cost? So he’s saying the 7-Line extension is so much better because it won’t hurt businesses (as much)? That might have something to do with the 7-Line extension only having one station and that one being in a non-retail area. Granted, the SAS could have been dug even deeper with less cut and cover, but at what cost?

]]> http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/02/20/at-7-extension-groundbreaking-bloomberg-slams-sas/#comment-58892 herenthere Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:31:51 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2302#comment-58892 I think Bloomberg just had a bad day where he forgot all about his PlaNYC objectives...still like him though! I think Bloomberg just had a bad day where he forgot all about his PlaNYC objectives…still like him though!

]]> http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/02/20/at-7-extension-groundbreaking-bloomberg-slams-sas/#comment-58888 Adam Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:46:16 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2302#comment-58888 I'm pretty sure the businesses have come to accept the SAS and I think they understand that they'll benefit when it's done (I've read that somewhere, I think). I’m pretty sure the businesses have come to accept the SAS and I think they understand that they’ll benefit when it’s done (I’ve read that somewhere, I think).

]]> http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/02/20/at-7-extension-groundbreaking-bloomberg-slams-sas/#comment-58877 G-man Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:48:44 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2302#comment-58877 Look, the MTA is utterly incompetent. Part of it is that it's not its fault, Albany made them do it and they're stuck with having a union. The other part is that no one there has an incentive to do a good job. I hate Bloomberg, but he has a point here. The MTA wastes so much money. It takes years between its decision to hire a contractor to do something until the bidding process is complete. All in the supposed name of preventing corruption and cronyism. Except that it costs the city way more than if someone's cronies were getting the contracts, as the contractors get comped on their bidding costs. Seriously, the MTA is utterly incompetent. Look, the MTA is utterly incompetent. Part of it is that it’s not its fault, Albany made them do it and they’re stuck with having a union. The other part is that no one there has an incentive to do a good job. I hate Bloomberg, but he has a point here. The MTA wastes so much money. It takes years between its decision to hire a contractor to do something until the bidding process is complete. All in the supposed name of preventing corruption and cronyism. Except that it costs the city way more than if someone’s cronies were getting the contracts, as the contractors get comped on their bidding costs. Seriously, the MTA is utterly incompetent.

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