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Posted by JAzumah on Tue Aug 19 19:26:30 2008, in response to Re: NJT 351 to be cut back to Secaucus Junction, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Tue Aug 19 18:20:40 2008. I don't have to because that isn't what I said. WMATA has been known to favor its rail riders over its bus riders and Catoe admitted such in Mass Transit Magazine. Please find some hard proof that WMATA is not taking resources from its core system to fund these shuttles and school routes. From finding out what is being charged by private operators, everyone is now asking about the price differences.You can agree with whomever you like and we can even differ. The crying about FTA rules on the books since 1987 is pure rubbish. Many of the people complaining don't even understand what the rule says. We are running out of money in this region and we can never piece together where all the money went. Take the S89, add it to 2 Broadway, the Fulton Street hub, the capital program (or lack thereof), the lack of a third depot, the unwillingness of local governments to contribute money even in good times, borrowing large sums of money to move capital expenses into existing subsidy streams, and you think the subject is changeable? Only if you don't live in the NY Metropolitan area. For the rest of you, THIS IS THE SUBJECT. I'm sorry, guys, but the reality is that a transit crisis is not an overnight process, but we are in one now. Of course, I only know what one looks like because the beancounters are turning white as sheets and they can't hide it anymore. NJT is the only operator in this region prepared to survive more or less the same because they ARE BEING HONEST ABOUT THEIR MONEY. It is clear that the 351 was a drain and they have fixed it by cutting their bus requirement by 50+%. Is everyone else going to wake up now and do the math or are we going to keep pretending that if we didn't put it in the farebox, we didn't spend it? |
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