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Re: BART’s New Fleet: Made in the USA, but Maybe Not in California |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Tue Feb 28 22:24:26 2012, in response to Re: BART’s New Fleet: Made in the USA, but Maybe Not in California, posted by blue8irt on Tue Feb 28 19:06:07 2012. "all the subway cars..." No sane transit agency would give a startup a contract for a fleet. Frankly, BART was very stupid to have gone w/Rohr instead of a competent builder. Rohr did the DOD low ball dance very nicely by underpricing the initial car order knowing none of the others would compete for the follow on which then was much more expensive--sole source trumps bidding.So, much as I might like to see US owned companies doing the work, unless some large industrial firm with a good reputation for well made products decides to enter the fray, it won't happen anytime soon. |
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