Alon Levy on MTA Purchase
In New York Post article, “MTA Set to Pay Nearly $3 Billion for Old, Overweight LIRR, Metro-North Cars,” fellow Alon Levy is quoted:
MTA rolling stock procurement is too conservative and is asking for trains that are less advanced than what the international vendors make—too heavy, for one....So just building to these specs costs more than building to the specs of standard European regional trains.