@i_contemplate_ It's contracts, labor efficiency, route design, tunnel design...it's all a mess, very very poorly understood
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@MarketUrbanism Wow so no scholar/journalist has deeply investigated this. What a shame!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@i_contemplate_ People have written things good paragraphs here and there but not much insight in one place1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@i_contemplate_ The whole American transit establishment is kind of in denial that costs are even high to begin with1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MarketUrbanism I've read some people blame 'Baumol's Cost Disease' for it which seems like an utter copout.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@i_contemplate_ Oh definitely not, transit costs are off the charts, it's gotta be more than that1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MarketUrbanism Hmm, Wagner Act, environmental impact studies/statements, tender process. What else?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@i_contemplate_ Inefficient labor agreements (more so in NYC & Boston than elsewhere in the US), refusal to adopt modern tunneling...2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MarketUrbanism Isn't the 2nd Ave line using modern tunneling?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@i_contemplate_ Nothing the MTA does is modern. Not signaling, crew staffing, tunneling, track laying...nothing.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@MarketUrbanism Yeah I read an article about the ancient signaling system from 1960s. Hilarious!
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