Re: [Vo]:New York MTA technology

2015-07-31 Thread Lennart Thornros
There is another reason that comes to mind; they have monopoly so nobody offers a better alternative and nobody in the organization gets a reward for suggesting improvements. One day a component will brake and then they will have a long time of no service but that does not matter as the

[Vo]:New York MTA technology

2015-07-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
On the subject of governments, technology and infrastructure, here is an interesting video from the MTA showing equipment from the 1930s and 1950s still in use in the New York subway system. This shows why large organizations cannot change quickly. They have to keep the trains moving.