Los Angeles County's rail car contract falls apart

[DET63]

(11-02) 07:57 PST LOS ANGELES, (AP) -- 

A deal to build 100 rail cars for Los Angeles County's transit system has fallen through, costing the region an estimated $368 million in economic activity and hundreds of jobs.

Why? Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...L#ixzz0VjUu3lwX

 

[Rumpled]

I don't understand why they would want to go with a company that is doing such a bad job on the current contract.

And, the company apparently wants more concessions?

(Acutally, I can; lobbyists with lots of $$$ and promising jobs in someone's district)

 

[Spokker]

This is a good thing. The cars were 6,000 pounds overweight, late and they had to reinforce some bridges to accommodate them.