• bloup@lemmy.sdf.org
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    21 days ago

    is there any particular reason you’re saying that besides cynicism? I am having trouble finding specifics, but there’s a lot of reporting that the MTA is expecting to raise $15 billion from congestion tolling to fund public transportation repairs and improvements and pretty much all of the proposals for this in the past required all of the revenues to be earmarked for use by the MTA

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      21 days ago

      People are so used to how bad things are they don’t trust improvement, even when it’s real.

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        20 days ago

        don’t trust improvement

        *By a corrupt government which has proven itself to mismanage funds as a default.

        Can’t really speak to NYC local but time will tell. Although to give them credit, most NYers I’ve met enjoy their public transportation. But the admonishment of general government expenditure distrust is completely valid imo