[HN Gopher] NYC MTA scavenges for parts on eBay to maintain subw...
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       NYC MTA scavenges for parts on eBay to maintain subway system
        
       Author : fortran77
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2025-05-26 22:19 UTC (41 minutes ago)
        
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       | bluesounddirect wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/gVyZ3
        
       | linotype wrote:
       | Why is it that cities in Europe and China can afford all this
       | stuff and we (Americans) can't? Interest on national debt can't
       | be it, this is NYC.
        
         | steveBK123 wrote:
         | Loss of state capacity, everything outsourced including design
         | and oversight.
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         | Politicians focused on spending as a win (jobs) rather than the
         | outcome of a well run transit system.
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         | Shiny object syndrome funding unneeded cavernous mezzanines in
         | the handful of new stations on new lines we do build, each
         | custom designed instead of cookie cutter.
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         | Multi state regional agency run on political patronage
         | operating our biggest transit system with funding coming from a
         | variety of unreliable sources.
         | 
         | List goes on.
        
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