Absolutely fair point. But don't you think there's something profoundly wrong somewhere when cities in all kinds of climates and conditions around the world manage to solve their problems. With the pooled knowledge of all those projects, isn't it likely that the NY project could find solutions there? Presumably sourcing knowledge and solutions and adapting them would in hindsight have been cheaper than developing a system from scratch?
The best solution is probably for the MTA to buy a system from Siemens or Thales – they have that worldwide knowledge. But last time I discussed this here, I was told funding restrictions meant the company had to be American. Unfortunately for that, this is an area of European expertise.
If that's the case it could explain the problems.. Of course that's moronic because the US isn't known for smoothly functioning public transit systems.
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Absolutely fair point. But don't you think there's something profoundly wrong somewhere when cities in all kinds of climates and conditions around the world manage to solve their problems. With the pooled knowledge of all those projects, isn't it likely that the NY project could find solutions there? Presumably sourcing knowledge and solutions and adapting them would in hindsight have been cheaper than developing a system from scratch?
CBTC systems are widely used worldwide.
The best solution is probably for the MTA to buy a system from Siemens or Thales – they have that worldwide knowledge. But last time I discussed this here, I was told funding restrictions meant the company had to be American. Unfortunately for that, this is an area of European expertise.
If that's the case it could explain the problems.. Of course that's moronic because the US isn't known for smoothly functioning public transit systems.