The article states there were only 2.9 million vacancies for a country of 1.3 billion people. That's crazy!
This is after 10 minutes of googling:
In the US it's estimated that there are over 15 million people in US schools (National Center for Education Studies - http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005063.pdf -pdf, see page 27). If 1/4 of those are freshmen spots that would be about 3.75 million or so spots a year - for a country of almost 300 million.
You can do the rest of the math, but maybe the answer is yes - maybe they should build one or two more universities.
1) private companies built 100's of miles of track
The city of New York and the State of New York paid for all of the miles of NYC subway. They contracted construction and operations to the IRT and later the BMT but always had ownership of the lines.
2) New York set price limits to "keep the fare reasonable"
NYC always had control over the fare prices. These were included in the contracts.
3) the companies go bankrupt
There were many reasons for this, fares being part of them, but also the fact that the city had 2 competing systems for a number of decades.
4) the city takes over the system 5) no major improvments for the next 50 years
During this time, much money and energy went into NYC roads. This was mostly due to a cultural change starting in the 60s including urban renewal and the rise of the automobile. While the subways stayed the same, NYC built airports, more bridges, tunnels, and the Cross-Bronx expressway, etc were built. These were huge projects.
I would also argue that they are once again starting to make improvements. One could call the airshuttle a major improvement.
6) people start paying much more for taxis and express busses so they can get to work
Huh? More people are now using NYC rapid transit than almost anytime in recent history.
Do the police also tell people in Midlands to make their BMWs look like 87 Civics?
I mean, isn't the obvious solution to have more non-uniformed police walk around with white headphones? I would assume that in any given population, those who mug people are a pretty small percentage, and if you know their target, they shouldn't be too difficult to pick up.
Maybe the police in Midlands should just give up and advise people to stay at home.
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There was an extensive article on this in the Feb 2003 issue of Scientific American. Very interesting stuff.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00073FC E-F36F-1E19-8B3B809EC588EEDF&pageNumber=1&catI D=2
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The article states there were only 2.9 million vacancies for a country of 1.3 billion people. That's crazy! This is after 10 minutes of googling: In the US it's estimated that there are over 15 million people in US schools (National Center for Education Studies - http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005063.pdf -pdf, see page 27). If 1/4 of those are freshmen spots that would be about 3.75 million or so spots a year - for a country of almost 300 million. You can do the rest of the math, but maybe the answer is yes - maybe they should build one or two more universities.
1) private companies built 100's of miles of track
The city of New York and the State of New York paid for all of the miles of NYC subway. They contracted construction and operations to the IRT and later the BMT but always had ownership of the lines.
2) New York set price limits to "keep the fare reasonable"
NYC always had control over the fare prices. These were included in the contracts.
3) the companies go bankrupt
There were many reasons for this, fares being part of them, but also the fact that the city had 2 competing systems for a number of decades.
4) the city takes over the system
5) no major improvments for the next 50 years
During this time, much money and energy went into NYC roads. This was mostly due to a cultural change starting in the 60s including urban renewal and the rise of the automobile. While the subways stayed the same, NYC built airports, more bridges, tunnels, and the Cross-Bronx expressway, etc were built. These were huge projects.
I would also argue that they are once again starting to make improvements. One could call the airshuttle a major improvement.
6) people start paying much more for taxis and express busses so they can get to work
Huh? More people are now using NYC rapid transit than almost anytime in recent history.
Do the police also tell people in Midlands to make their BMWs look like 87 Civics? I mean, isn't the obvious solution to have more non-uniformed police walk around with white headphones? I would assume that in any given population, those who mug people are a pretty small percentage, and if you know their target, they shouldn't be too difficult to pick up. Maybe the police in Midlands should just give up and advise people to stay at home.
I thought embrace and extend is bad?
There was an extensive article on this in the Feb 2003 issue of Scientific American. Very interesting stuff. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00073FC E-F36F-1E19-8B3B809EC588EEDF&pageNumber=1&catI D=2