Comments on: MTA grades F poorly in internal report

By: Still underperforming, the F shows improvements :: Second Ave. Sagas

Still underperforming, the F shows improvements :: Second Ave. Sagas — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:16:39 +0000

[...] With old rolling stock, poorly maintained infrastructure and decaying assets, the F line was literally falling apart. A year later, a follow-up reveals that Transit has greatly improved the F, but the line still lags [...]

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:05:30 +0000

No, the reports lump together all “Salaries and wages,” including benefits like health insurance and bonuses.

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:44:57 +0000

“Its oldest sections — between Ditmas Ave. and Ave. X — are 90; its youngest piece — South of W. 8th St. to Coney Island — is just five years old.”

FYI, the “oldest sections” were built first, but had their signals replaced when the former BMT line was connected to the IND in the late 1940s. The portion of the F route (and other routes that use the Smith/9th, 6th Ave and Queens Boulevard Lines) has signals installed in the late 1920s and early 1930s, along with the rest of the IND.

By: Streetsblog New York City » Today’s Headlines

Streetsblog New York City » Today’s Headlines — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:06:37 +0000

[...] Admits F Train Performance Stinks, Has a Plan to Improve It (City Room, SAS, Bklyn [...]

By: rhywun

rhywun — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:00:50 +0000

Please. Now you’re just being ridiculous.

By: Working Class

Working Class — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:57:36 +0000

Pretty sure the MTA does not consider management salaries part of “labor” costs. Just hourly blue collar employees that actually make the system run everyday.

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:19:34 +0000

There’s one thing that can be done: the city could bust the unofficial Brotherhood of Managers and Consultants, bringing in managers from cities where transit is run competently. I’m sure there are a couple of people in leadership positions in Tokyo Metro or JR-East who’d move to New York for an American executive’s salary, which is several times that of a Japanese executive’s. Let them figure out how to reform the system, instead of asking sclerotic local managers what to do.

By: Think twice

Think twice — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:16:17 +0000

A pleasant turn-of-events that makes the obtuse luddites at the MTA scratch their heads and say, “Who’da thunk it?”

By: JP

JP — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:22:13 +0000

more positive news: since extending the G train through church ave in brooklyn the rush hour service in both directions between jay st and ft hamilton has been much less crowded, with fewer delays.

By: Marc Shepherd

Marc Shepherd — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:52:09 +0000

Actually, what the report says is that most of the problems are structural and will take years to fix. These things, in the meantime, are all that can be done. Otherwise, the report would have had to say that nothing can be done.