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Re:How Cuts in Basic Subway Upkeep Can Make NYC Commutes Mis... by Ma8ee on Thursday December 21, 2017 @06:19AM (#15977963)
It's part of the general "Starve the beast" policy. Underfund everything public so its miserable to have to rely on. Then use that as proof that everything government is bad.
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Re:How Cuts in Basic Subway Upkeep Can Make NYC Commutes Mis... by rayiner on Thursday December 21, 2017 @07:50AM (#15978403)
MTA spends 60% more of operating costs per mile of track than the London Tube system: https://www.google.com/amp/s/ny.curbed.com/platform/amp/2017.... MTA also gets far more ofnits budget from the government (40%) than the Tube (25%).
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Re:How Cuts in Basic Subway Upkeep Can Make NYC Commutes Mis... by ameister14 on Thursday December 21, 2017 @10:05AM (#15979189)
New York City operates on an 84 billion dollar budget. The beast is not starving.
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