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AMAs: Interested in holding an AMA, or want to make a subreddit suggestion?! Resources: Related subreddits: NYC-area: Outside NYC-area. Redditor has been an MTA employee for a little over a year, working wherever and doing whatever needed. One night might include dropping material from a work train in The Bronx and the next replacing rails in Atlantic Terminal.
Frequently the job involves being part of a cleaning gang, usually as a flagger, walking hundreds of feet into dark tunnels with a lantern to let trains know there is a crew on the tracks. Before becoming an MTA employee, came to for information on the subway, and now the favor is being returned.
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It should go without saying that questions related to security or seeking information that could endanger workers or the public are off limits. The opening of the second avenue line brought a lot of excitement and renewed discussion about the costs of additional capital improvement projects with phases 2-4 of the second avenue subway being prohibitively expensive.
Many pointed out that the cost per mile was significantly higher than similar subway expansion projects in other major cities. Having seen the organization from the inside, what is your take on the cost of MTA capital improvement programs? Why are they so expensive and what changes could be made to bring them down so that New Yorkers can get more value per dollar? These questions are a bit beyond my rank as a trackworker, I wouldn't really know much more than anyone else that follows the progress of the MTA's capital projects. However I once read an article that suggested that the high cost of labor is caused by high healthcare costs and pension obligations.
I'm sure there are a ton of different factors but this is one theory I feel makes sense because countries like France, England, and Japan have very different systems of paying for healthcare and retirement benefits for their workers. Other ideas I've heard such as the bloated inefficient bureaucracy of the MTA, the difficulty of drilling underground while avoiding the already existing infrastructure of wires/pipes/sewer systems/ext., the high cost of housing leading to higher labor costs. All of these things seem like they would be common to other cities like Paris/London/Tokyo where their costs per mile are much cheaper. I really would like to see the subway expanded if we could get the costs under control. So in other words to answer your question I have no idea. I used to live in the UWS years ago. If you walk down 79th St towards the west, like you are going to the Boat Basin Cafe, you have to walk under the Westside Hwy, but over the old enclosed Amtrak tracks/tunnel.
Under the bridge (eg directly under the Westside Hwy) there are boarded windows that look down onto the old tracks 25-30ft below. Just enough light gets in so that you can see.
There (was) a whole fucking 'town' there - an entire encampment that looked like a city with make-shift houses and everything. It could have easily held 10-20 people. About once every five years, some crime happens down there and it would get cleaned out, but it always gets rebuilt. Last time I went to the Boat Basin was sometime in mid-2014 and it was rebuilt again. 'What is one thing that you wish straphangers understood about the MTA that might ease some frustration about delays and service disruptions?' Hmm I'm not really sure what to say rather than the usual 'the trains have been running 24 hours a day non-stop for over 100 years on outdated technology and the tracks need maintenance or else there's going be derailments all over the city' but I don't think that's going to ease any passenger's frustration. One thing I'll say though is that we take the subway like everyone else and service disruptions and delays annoy as just as much anyone.
'In your opinion, if the MTA suddenly had a spare $100 million in their budget what do you think the best use of that money would be (aside from just giving you a raise)?' Hmm that's a tough one, I think putting in an elevator/escalators at stations without them would be nice. I don't know how much it would cost but if they could do just 1 or 2 of the big important stations it would make a difference. I know it's important for the handicapped/elderly but it's really helpful when you're carrying tools as well. I remember I had to help lug down a giant welders kit down the stairs at Queensboro Plaza station since there was no elevator. Thanks for the AMA. Sometimes, I've seen groups of workers in the midday at stations doing track inspections.
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Because of the relatively high train frequency, they have to frequently climb back up to the platform to let a train pass. Have you been part of a crew doing such inspections at that time of day? If so, how much work track are you able to inspect compared to late night/weekend inspections?. I have also seen some places where gaps of a supporting wall between tracks have been covered up.
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Do you happen to know if these are for worker safety?. What is it like working on elevated tracks versus underground tracks?.
Have you had a chance to work with the new portable vacuum cleaners that were recently purchased by the MTA?. How do the track workers get food/water when working in between stations?.
Ever had to carry a bundle of lanterns on a subway car?