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Re:Why New York City Stopped Building Subways by Nav_Panel on Monday April 16, 2018 @02:26PM (#16851449)
>unify operations and planning of NJ transit, LIRR, and Metro North

Everyone agrees but insiders who know about the current state of the transit organizations consider this suggestion so absurd as to write an April Fools post[1] about it.

1: https://pedestrianobservations.com/2018/04/01/new-york-area-...

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Re:Why New York City Stopped Building Subways by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 16, 2018 @02:50PM (#16851650)
> insiders who know about the current state of the transit organizations consider this suggestion so absurd as to write an April Fools post

The difficulty comes down to regional politics. The regional rail systems (LIRR, Metro-North and NJTR) were set up to give those on Long Island, upstate/in Connecticut and in New Jersey, respectively, a dedicated regional transit authority. A politician attempting to unify operations would need to convince those voters should risk giving up their regional transit control.

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Re:Why New York City Stopped Building Subways by erentz on Monday April 16, 2018 @04:13PM (#16852288)
Oh that’s golden, thanks for sharing. :-)
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