From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 1:52:43 PM UTC-4, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   A small part of the Second Avenue Line opened on January 1.   
      
   > > 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.   
      
   Not the buses!   
      
   > DC Metro is terrible.   
      
   DC Metro worked fine for me on Friday and yesterday.   
      
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