>>1853691>photogenically present transit plans that will never get fundedByford was running MTA in New York before Cuomo basically forced him out. There was marked improvement in services during that time period.
> millions of dollars a yearCurrent salary of the MTA's chairman is <400,000 a year. Arguably it's not enough; if you want to win in the global competition for talent, it'll cost you.
>proles don't take action to demand betterYou can't protest your way into a functional system. It requires people with a high level of domain knowledge and competence who have freedom of action to improve operations.
Just look at MTA's accessibility campaign: they filed lawsuits, and it will still take decades for all the stations to be made accessible. Judges do not have the physical capability to speed that up.
