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The MTA's funding problems go back a long time to when Robert Moses (surprise) refused to spend a nickel of the Triborough revenue on rail

Posted by professor smartbrain (aka chris) Apr 24 '15, 12:57

he always wanted to starve them out of existence and even merging Triborough with the MTCA never really fully compensated for the gross disparity between subway funding and highways/bridges

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I need to find a good book or article about them, their history and funding. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 13:01 5
- The Power Broker is a pretty exhaustive history through the 60s -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 24, 13:03 2
  - That's the Robert Moses book? I'm not sure I could read that without getting really angry. - Krusty Apr 24, 13:04 1
    - Yeah it's pretty sad -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 24, 13:05
- Write the definitive book on it! -- nm - ty97 Apr 24, 13:02 1
  - I have a NYC book in me but I'm not sure this is it. :-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 13:03

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The MTA's funding problems go back a long time to when Robert Moses (surprise) refused to spend a nickel of the Triborough revenue on rail

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