Re:The Triboro: Transit plan for the NYC Boroughs
by Spooky23 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @09:57AM
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You can argue that both ways.
As public sector unions appears and pay & conditions improved, the only way that NYC mass transit has been remotely sustainable has been by consolidating the Moses empire into the MTA. The tolls provide the cash flow to sustain the system.
It's impossible to self-sustain the current subways, and the perpetual near-bankruptcy of NYC throughout most of the 20th century wouldn't have allowed for subway construction at all.
Moses's genius was getting the state government to give a shit about NYC and create the authorities to bond his projects.
As public sector unions appears and pay & conditions improved, the only way that NYC mass transit has been remotely sustainable has been by consolidating the Moses empire into the MTA. The tolls provide the cash flow to sustain the system.
It's impossible to self-sustain the current subways, and the perpetual near-bankruptcy of NYC throughout most of the 20th century wouldn't have allowed for subway construction at all.
Moses's genius was getting the state government to give a shit about NYC and create the authorities to bond his projects.