[PRCo] Re: Brilliance in Transit Management

[Fred Schneider]

Didn't you just describe a politician?   I have a wonderful friend who worked in the industry ... he first saw the malaise in Philadelphia and watched it spread, slowly but surely, across the United States.    Herb, I once wanted to work in that industry and as time passed, I became jubilant that I never made the move.  One of my favorite stories was about a nameless SEPTA general manager who was riding on the P&W and asked, "Are
we in inside Philadelphia city?"    And I remember a wonderful engineer who worked for Pittsburgh Railways.  When I asked why he retired early, he remarked, "They were making me hire political friends for lineman who couldn't even tie their own shoes."   I have become very happy that I never followed through on an early desire to work in transit.  fws



hrbran99 at adelphia.net wrote:

> You only have to ride the systems. You should be an employee in one of todays transit authorities. Todays managers would have trouble running a shopping cart through the grocery store, not to mention running buses, cars, and trains for the purpose of moving real live passengers. Strictly my own opinion, of course, I think most of them are the horses @$$. They only respond to Bus Rapid Transit, fancy lunches, and golf outings.--
> HrB
>
> ---- Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com> wrote:
> > Todays New York Times contains a nice piece on the TA's proposed rule
> > that will make it illegal to photograph any of their equipment.  I'm
> > waiting for the first tourist to be arrested for photographing Times
> > Square (with a bus in it) or a picture of his family in the subway.
> > What a great way to make an international incident out of stupidity.
> >
> > And today's Washington Post contains a method by which WMATA wishes to
> > increase the capacity of its rail system ... remove the seats from the
> > cars.  They would leave two pairs of seats, those which cover vital
> > electrical equipment and thus can't be removed.
> >
> > I've read that in every group of people, half are below average.   Do
> > they always move to New York, Washington and Boston?
> >
> > That ought to get a response out of someone on the list.  And no, I'm
> > not kidding about the newspapers.  Look for yourself.
> >
> >
> >