And the gigantic irony is, where do you think the consulting firms get their consultants? What kind of planners, engineers, designers in the tri-state region are going to have expert knowledge on building and maintaining large-scale subway and light rail systems? MTA employees! So many of these consulting firms are just hiring ex-MTA employees who end up doing the exact same thing they were doing last year except now it costs the MTA three times as much as it used to.