The engineer won’t be held responsible for the capital or operating costs, even though the equipment is probably severalfold larger and less efficient than it should be. The engineering looks cheap to the owner; indeed,

I write this to you from New York City, where we are governed by Democrats and we pay the highest taxes in the country, but that doesn’t mean we receive the best government services. Our transportation agencies are black holes for money, unable to deliver on their capital plans despite repeated increases in the dedicated taxes that fund them, becau