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Re: TA is obsessed with CBTC, and ''New'' tech for no reason. |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Fri Feb 29 20:37:41 2008, in response to Re: TA is obsessed with CBTC, and ''New'' tech for no reason., posted by Jeff H. on Fri Feb 29 19:58:58 2008. Thanks for the report. More questions, of course, follow....In my opinion, the reasons for pursuing CBTC had a lot to do with internal politics and fiefdoms. More than the usual impatience, I guess, since turnover over time is expected, and people retire, are retired, etc. From an external standpoint, the TA established certain objectives and milestones, all of which, I believe, were a failure. At least with respect to time and money spent, that's indisputable indeed. Instead, despite the weight and influence of the TA and other MTA entities, NYCT wound up with an orphan system which is not the de-facto industry standard and which doesn't put the TA in any stronger position going forward with future procurement. What's the de facto industry standard for CBTC? I take it that the vendor (Siemens?) is, in your view, working NYCT instead of the other way around. Now instead of NYCT becoming the showcase of CBTC, the vendor uses NYCT to showcase it's new take on a CBTC system - is that it? In the end, the agency got shafted the same as with metrocard. OK, this one just goes over my head. How did NYCT get shafted with metrocard? |
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