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Posted by BrooklynBus on Wed Nov 19 12:19:43 2014, in response to Re: How to Meaningfully Improve Traffic Safety, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Wed Nov 19 11:49:58 2014. Criticizing transit agencies while not knowing much about what I am talking about?I have more credentials to give my opinion on mass transit issues than the vast majority of people posting on this board. I have a two year Masters Degree in Urban Planning from Columbia University with a concentration in Urban Planning. I wrote my thesis on the inefficiency and ineffectiveness of bus service in Brooklyn. Of the over fifty routing recommendations I made in 1973, about 20 are now reality. Eight of those changes were made as a result of the seven years I was a planner at the NYC Department of City Planning. I then went on to working for the MTA for almost 25 years, serving in seven different departments so I got a broad perspective of how the agency operates. Also, I do not always criticize the MTA. I have defended them on a number of occasions. Since you admit to not even reading the blog, of course you are unaware of all my writings. You just choose to remember my posts where I am trying to be fair to everyone and that includes drivers of automobiles. As far as my readers being only "yes men", that is also untrue. There are several faithful readers who constantly intelligently discuss their opposing viewpoints. You, however, have decided to only read those who you agree with, because you have the fear that someone may say something intelligent that may force you to rethink your positions and step out of your comfort zone. You would rather not say to yourself, "maybe he has a point here", but would rather just block out all opposing opinions to those of your own. Of course I am criticized. Anyone who says or does anything worthwhile has critics. Nothing that is done which is worthwhile, did not have critics. The Eiffel Tower was greatly criticized when it was built, so was every great inventor like Albert Einstein. Anyone who writes meaningless dribble that everyone agrees with such as crime should go down, we need more jobs, identity theft is bad, our kids need a better education, we must stop harming the environment, everyone needs to be tolerant, sexual harassment is a bad thing, women should get equal pay for equal work, our tax structure should be fair devoid of loopholes, etc, of course will not receive any criticism. But write about something meaningful, then the critics come out of the woodwork. Those who read what you write and agree most likely will not comment. That is reality. That what is meant by the silent majority. If I do not know what I am talking about, I would not have been given a forum which I did not ask for. I was invited to write and do it without any compensation. |
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