Originally Posted by
sashae
Had we passed the CP bill AS MOST PEOPLE IN THE CITY WANTED before Sheldon Silver killed it, we would have netted $500mil from the feds to improve transit. That's a pretty huge opportunity flushed to suck up to outer borough/suburban constituencies.
To blame the lack of funds going towards the transit system on the this rejected bill is passing the blame. The issues with the transit system have been around long before this plan was even a concept. I've taking the train for over 10 years now and the issues now were the same back then, they're just 100 times worse. The MTA and the city have done very little to improve the system. Every take the bus in NYC? The bus is pretty much useless. Unreliable and infrequent. The city and the MTA should be relying on this bill to pass to improve the system.