On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 3:36:18 PM UTC-4, John Levine wrote:   
      
   > The subways have gotten quite a lot less reliable in recent years.   
   > The problem of course is money.  The MTA's budget is controlled by the   
   > NY state governor even though the subway is entirely within New York   
   > City.  The NYC mayor and the governor dislike each other even though   
   > they're in the same party, and there has been a good deal of   
   > grandstanding and funding of flashy projects rather than maintenance   
   > and upgrading of signal systems that date from the 1930s.   
      
   The NYT had a piece not too long ago criticizing some technical   
   decisions of the MTA.  They have been spending a ton of money   
   on the subways, but how much improvement they have to show for   
   it is questionable.   
      
      
   > The damage from the salt water bath that Sandy gave to much of the   
   > system did not help either.   
      
   That is true.   
      
      
   Other systems are troubled, too.   
      
   NJT sucks now.   
      
   DC Metro is terrible.   
      
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