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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Mon Sep 30 09:39:31 2024, in response to Re: Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign, posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Sep 29 11:13:26 2024. I believe they did hire Sam Schwartz which means the same person who was screwing up their planning in the 1970s, is still screwing up their planning today.The MTA/NYCT did not hire Sam Schwartz. From his book "Street Smart, The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars, pp 44-45: "When I graduated with a master of science in transportation engineering, I was ready to return home, and get a job working for the New York City Transit Authority, the public agency responsible for running the world's largest urban transit system. Unfortunately, they weren't ready for me. Ever since 1953, when the Transit Authority had acquired New York's three separate subway systems, two bus networks, and what remained of the city's streetcars, almost all transit professionals had been former conductors, train engineers, and bus drivers. A graduate degree from an Ivy League school didn't even merit a response...I was offered a job at the Department of Traffic as a junior engineer. In March 1971, I showed up for work." |
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