Re:U.S. Taxpayers Are Gouged on Mass Transit Costs
by greenyoda on Saturday September 15, 2012 @03:31PM
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"I said that the article is one-sided because it completely ignores on of the real reasons why these construction projects are so expensive and take so long: unionized workers."
Part two of the article (the link was at the bottom) deals with unionized workers:
For example: "When asked by transit blogger Benjamin Kabak about its high construction costs, Michael Horodniceanu, president of the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority's capital construction division, gave a two-word answer: 'work rules.' Citing the example of the city's revered sandhogs, he said the MTA employs 25 for tunnel-boring machine work that Spain does with nine."
Part two of the article (the link was at the bottom) deals with unionized workers:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-27/labor-rules-snarl-u...
For example: "When asked by transit blogger Benjamin Kabak about its high construction costs, Michael Horodniceanu, president of the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority's capital construction division, gave a two-word answer: 'work rules.' Citing the example of the city's revered sandhogs, he said the MTA employs 25 for tunnel-boring machine work that Spain does with nine."