From the NY Post:The MTA botched its inspections of the yellow strips that run along the edges of subway platforms -- placing straphangers at risk of falling onto the tracks, the agency's Inspector General Barry Kluger warned yesterday.
The investigation revealed visibly deteriorating yellow bars -- called rubbing boards -- at 23 of 27 stations last year that MTA workers classified as being safe, he said in a scathing, 17-page report.
Also, the agency is so backlogged on fixing the defective boards that the deadline for completing 59 percent of the work was pushed back from August 2008 to December 2009, the report said. "This is a safety concern," Kluger said. "While it appears that [New York City Transit] has a program to keep the boards in good repair, the program they had in place just simply is not working."
NYCT officials didn't dispute most of the report, Kluger said.
6 comments:
The IG should follow all the mta folk in their take home cars.You think they report that on their taxes?
Keep an eye out for the blind. Let them know if they are anywhere near the edge. When I was young, we did not even have these rubbing boards and still had to use the trains.
Anonymous said...
The IG should follow all the mta folk in their take home cars.You think they report that on their taxes?
Sunday, May 31, 2009
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And, again, what percentage of MTA employees take home cars?
Again i can only comment on the dept i know..............396 total employees................9 take home cars.
Anonymous said...
Again i can only comment on the dept i know..............396 total employees................9 take home cars.
Monday, June 01, 2009
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In other words, 2.4%. That means 97.6% of that Department don't take cars home. Do you think there's a big difference elsewhere?
Excuse me Mr. Monserrate, there's something on the tracks I'd like to show you, just a little closer...
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