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Connor Crowley
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Ex NYC construction and transit professional.
@Alon if MTA follows through on their latest presentation, even partially, I think the Marron institute just hit the transit advocacy high score!
Congrats.
@Alon Maybe of interest. Dutch daily show equivalent going over the loss of government capacity in NL through contractors.
De Overheid kan niks meer zelf | Tot op de bodem | Avondshow (S4)
@Alon are you aware if highway lane costs in the USA cost atrocious as rail? I presume there is a multiple but is it as dramatic? At a minimum the DOTs must have a greater level of in house competency for road building.
@Alon is there a generally recognized hierarchy of needs for transit development? Local items that need be developed before or simultaneously with new transit build out?
Something like:
1. Destination (and origin) catchment demand.
1.A. job density
1.B. Residential density.
2. Catchment area expansion.
2.A. Sidewalks
2.B. Bike/scooter shares
2.C. P&R, taxis
3. Transit
3.A. frequency
3.B. speed
3.C. price
Thinking about the differences between Tri-Rail vs brightline along these.
@Alon considering the unique capacity contortions of the RER, or the capacity crunch of NS bi-levels, where sometimes the seats are 100% and standing room is also 100%.
Is there an example or failed experiment/proposal of regional rail converting to metro style seats to increase total capacity? Less seating but much more standing room?
Into the void...
Germans complaining that supplying Ukraine is depleting their munitions supply and ability to defend themselves.
Who do you those bullets were made to kill?
@Alon Italy case study was interesting read :)
P.S. thanks for the responses.
@Alon detailed report and good work from everyone. In line with recent "costs do not matter" philosophy I am curious how much of the costs delta you could obviously attribute time delays?
To ask it in a infinite subsidy hypothetical way: if costs do not matter, will infinite money actually deliver more subway faster? Are there specific areas where more money = better faster stronger?
One area that does come to mind is a Signapore style paid and empowered/qualified MTA project leadership.
11. So the stations are expensive in significant part because sub sub sub organizations can't work together operationally thus they need their own space. Seems like GCM!
Endemic throughout. I wonder what the smallest unit of sub organization work together refusal is.