Re:Why New York City Stopped Building Subways
by bobthepanda on Monday April 16, 2018 @04:45PM
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Paris is old, narrow, and managed to build a subway tunnel through/under the Catacombs for far less.
The major issue seems to be that construction unions do not negotiate with the public authorities paying for it, but the construction contractors, and the contractors are more than happy to just pass along the cost and pad their margins. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-...
Re:Why New York City Stopped Building Subways
by pzone on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @02:44AM
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It's not just that, it's an entire stack of unaccountable entrenched interests from top to bottom. Unions, contractors, MTA management, all the way up to the squabbling governor and mayor.
The major issue seems to be that construction unions do not negotiate with the public authorities paying for it, but the construction contractors, and the contractors are more than happy to just pass along the cost and pad their margins. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-...