tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post1680409352258044597..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: Crappy snow removal does not a snowpocalypse makeCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-79811456842831637282011-01-31T13:24:56.870-05:002011-01-31T13:24:56.870-05:00I think that you are on the verge of connecting al...I think that you are on the verge of connecting all the dots. The link through all of these issues is "savings". I put "savings" for a reason.<br /><br />Everyone is trying to squeeze the federal government for money. By not putting enough money in the snow budget, the costs can be shifted to FEMA. FEMA tends to help out in major weather emergencies with cash. This might be the reason why the feds got involved in investigating the late December storm. <br /><br />The name of the game is cost shifting. A botched livery van program to replace MTA buses. Holding back city and MTA resources to leverage more federal funding. Next up is "traffic pricing", which will zero out the city's contribution to the MTA and cut the regional mobility tax by up to half for the suburbs.jazumahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890764412679388559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-31081215984804713652011-01-30T01:30:17.493-05:002011-01-30T01:30:17.493-05:00I'm very tempted to write my mind on this. I w...I'm <em>very</em> tempted to write my mind on this. I was complaining about it on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/SecondAveSagas/status/31100417840521216%22" rel="nofollow">yesterday</a> and tried to get <a href="http://twitter.com/SecondAveSagas/status/31138971165663234" rel="nofollow">Andrew Siff's attention</a>. In my life, I can't remember the streets being as bad as they were this week for pedestrians navigating the snow.Ben K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11938851241067496400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-2946161875670359452011-01-30T00:58:49.906-05:002011-01-30T00:58:49.906-05:00That is indeed where I'm going with it, Ben. ...That is indeed where I'm going with it, Ben. Feel free to write your own story about it in the meantime!Cap'n Transithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-87344731117379424002011-01-30T00:54:11.961-05:002011-01-30T00:54:11.961-05:00If you're going where I think you're going...If you're going where I think you're going with this, then I should say now that the city should be appalled at how the sidewalks are right now. For days, it's been impossible to cross most of the streets, and the snow plows keep dumping snow directly into crosswalks. It's as though the city has forgotten that the vast majority of New Yorkers actually walk around the city.Ben K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11938851241067496400noreply@blogger.com