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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Feb 11 16:47:43 2007, in response to Re: A Transit Robert Moses Guy, posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Feb 11 15:50:41 2007. First of all what makes you think you are entitled to a seat on a bus in the rush hour? Be glad you can even get on the bus. In the 1960s and 70s, sometimes you had to miss two or three buses until one even stopped for you to board. Then you could barely squeeze in and sometimes rode the entire trip on the front stairsAnd even if there was a train, you may still have to stand at rush hour. That's normal. And again, it's not necessarily RM's fault that the Utica subway wasn't built. Sure, he lobbied funding for roads and not subways, but no other cities were lobbying for subway funds either, they too were all building just roads. The problem is not that RM lobbied for roads and not subways, the problem is that there was no one lobbying for subway funds either. THAT is where the problem lies, and again, it was a attutude of the time, people weren't building subways by that time anymore, people wanted roads. And for the umpteenth time, it's not like if RM didn't get the federal funding for NY for the "Whitestone Bridge and Cross Island Parkway" (or fill in any of his projects), that that money would have instead be used for the "Utica Subway"....the money wouldn't have came to NY at all, and the federal funds would have wound up in some other city, and not only would we NOT have the Utica subway....but we wouldn't have the Whitestone and Cross Island EITHER. |
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