Comments on: Could AIG Have Impacted DC Metro Maintenance?

By: Erik G.

Erik G. — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:52:58 +0000

I came here to remind everyone that the 1000-series cars were rebuilt from 1993 to 1996 by Breda so they were like new as of then and thus are only 13 to 16 years old today.

By: Multimodal Man

Multimodal Man — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:44:25 +0000

Since AIG collapsed less than a year ago I doubt this had an impact in the case of WMATA. I hope it is clear that operations and maintenance aren’t as simple as the cost of a driver. Maintenance of the roads and track for bus and rail respectively are equally important though often neglected. Had we built the Forward Thrust Rapid Transit plan I think our region would have been well off but we would likely be asked at the same time of replacing the AWV and 520 bridge to spend $12+ billion to retrofit the Forward Thrust system to be safe in earthquakes, etc.

By: CriticalWonk

CriticalWonk — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:39:30 +0000

Wow. I’m impressed. It shows how deep and how far reaching the impacts of special arrangements can be. No wonder regular folks are not ‘paying as they go’ or saving like they should with bahaviors like this being de rigour for many years.