NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death spiral', experts say

Re:NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death spiral', ... by stefan_ on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @04:27PM (#18497929)

The article is 90% on the political mismanagement, but you instead focus on the workers with little influence making $150k in NYC, much of which is from working overtime well past 40 hours in a mostly mindless job.

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Re:NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death spiral', ... by rayiner on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @07:26PM (#18499167)

The MTA spends over $10 billion per year on labor, much of it redundant (e.g. two drivers per car): http://interactive.nydailynews.com/project/mta-spending.

People say "oh, but diverting tax dollars from MTA, etc." The NYT pegs that at about $1.5 billion over two decades (since Pataki). https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/nyregion/new-york-subway-.... That's $75 million per year, a drop in the bucket in comparison. About enough to build a mile of subway line.

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Re:NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death spiral', ... by rhcom2 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @05:29PM (#18498441)

My favorite line is: "In one particularly egregious example, Mr. Cuomo’s administration forced the M.T.A. to send $5 million to bail out three state-run ski resorts that were struggling after a warm winter."

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