Why does the New York MTA cost so much money compared to other train systems? NJ Transit gives you so much more milage and it's literally just across the river.
you have no idea how much difference a river can make
>>1990652Graft.
If I recall correctly, the MTA retirement plan is an old style DB pension whereas NJTransit is a 401(a) which is much cheaper for the employerAlso in order to preserve the lie that the trains are "24/7", the fact that no line is ever taken out of service until a train derails or something important catches fire or a tunnel floods, there's no such thing as preventive maintenance and everything is still running on the original 150 year old technology. So you have to have standby crews of sub-subcontractors sitting around until the next emergency that prevents 20,000 people from getting to/from work, and then send the emergency crew to fix some burned out hand made glass fuses somewhere and then handcraft the replacements on the spot. And maybe there's 3 other fuse boxes nearby that are on the verge of breaking but nobody wants to touch them so they just wait for the next system outage to happen during rush hour when there isn't a junkie available to take all the trains out of service for having an overdose on the platform.
>>1990652it really doesn't. not sure what you're on about. if you're in nj it's more likely you'll have to pay extra fares for the different systems, like njt bus or hblr to path to mta subway. someone equally far from the city in east queens or nassau would be paying a single $2.90 for their bus to subway to subway ride. mta's flat fares are a godsend. chicago is the only cheaper system in the us worth comparing to, metra tickets and the cta and pace unlimited passes are much cheaper than mta.lirr, mnr, and njt commuter rail are all too expensive, but not too far off from other places in the world
