Comments on: It’s Official: Paterson Taps Jay Walder to Head MTA http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/07/14/its-official-paterson-taps-jay-walder-to-head-mta/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: vnm http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/07/14/its-official-paterson-taps-jay-walder-to-head-mta/comment-page-1/#comment-81761 vnm Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:50:39 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=10151#comment-81761 Jay Walder will have a little time before he has to roll up his sleeves and get to work. Fare Hike Four member Carl Kruger says the confirmation process <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/07/kruger-mta-chiefs-confirmation.html" rel="nofollow">could take months</a>. Jay Walder will have a little time before he has to roll up his sleeves and get to work. Fare Hike Four member Carl Kruger says the confirmation process could take months.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/07/14/its-official-paterson-taps-jay-walder-to-head-mta/comment-page-1/#comment-81731 Larry Littlefield Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:32:42 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=10151#comment-81731 It should noted that the debt service for the mega-projects, if one assumes that they are the last transit improvments that will ever be built here, is not the problem. The debt service for ongoing normal replacement is the problem. It is many times the size, and will continue to rise indefinately until it consumes 100% of the income of every person living in the NY area. Or until ongoing normal replacement stops. It should noted that the debt service for the mega-projects, if one assumes that they are the last transit improvments that will ever be built here, is not the problem.

The debt service for ongoing normal replacement is the problem. It is many times the size, and will continue to rise indefinately until it consumes 100% of the income of every person living in the NY area. Or until ongoing normal replacement stops.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/07/14/its-official-paterson-taps-jay-walder-to-head-mta/comment-page-1/#comment-81721 Larry Littlefield Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:29:36 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=10151#comment-81721 "Second Ave. *can't* be stopped again. At this point, it's a statement as to the ability of a government to provide necessary services when it's been promised, committed to, and sworn by." And borrowed for three times. "Second Ave. *can't* be stopped again. At this point, it's a statement as to the ability of a government to provide necessary services when it's been promised, committed to, and sworn by."

And borrowed for three times.

]]> By: Ian Dutton http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/07/14/its-official-paterson-taps-jay-walder-to-head-mta/comment-page-1/#comment-81691 Ian Dutton Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:11:43 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=10151#comment-81691 Second Ave. *can't* be stopped again. At this point, it's a statement as to the ability of a government to provide necessary services when it's been promised, committed to, and sworn by. For that reason alone (and the sheer necessity), funding has got to be guaranteed, iron-clad. And it's time for governments, organizations, media and businesses to stop looking at the engine of this city's economy - transit - as anything less than the most critical system for the continued viability of New York. It's not where you go to raid cash to cover today's shortfalls. Second Ave. *can't* be stopped again. At this point, it's a statement as to the ability of a government to provide necessary services when it's been promised, committed to, and sworn by. For that reason alone (and the sheer necessity), funding has got to be guaranteed, iron-clad.

And it's time for governments, organizations, media and businesses to stop looking at the engine of this city's economy - transit - as anything less than the most critical system for the continued viability of New York. It's not where you go to raid cash to cover today's shortfalls.

]]> By: JK http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/07/14/its-official-paterson-taps-jay-walder-to-head-mta/comment-page-1/#comment-81631 JK Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:29:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=10151#comment-81631 A surprisingly great decision by a governor who hasn't made many. It seemed very possible that Patterson would select a business or political crony who knew next to nothing about transit. Instead he got one of the best people out there. Walder's got some very tough decisions to make about the capital program and the weight it is putting on the fare. Riders are carrying a huge share of the capital plan and the debt burden is only growing. Is 2nd Avenue affordable when bus service is under pressure and expanded SBS/BRT badly needed? Something has to give, because Walder is going to get no money from Albany or City Hall. A surprisingly great decision by a governor who hasn't made many. It seemed very possible that Patterson would select a business or political crony who knew next to nothing about transit. Instead he got one of the best people out there. Walder's got some very tough decisions to make about the capital program and the weight it is putting on the fare. Riders are carrying a huge share of the capital plan and the debt burden is only growing. Is 2nd Avenue affordable when bus service is under pressure and expanded SBS/BRT badly needed? Something has to give, because Walder is going to get no money from Albany or City Hall.

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