should because it is a monopoly it was itself a gas monopoly they say they say they are alike and reginald monopoly i mean they should be able to have that do you think that maybe monopolize it and it may be good for russia or for the russian partners abroad this is of course it is a matter of opinion it is that there is not one truth this is a matter of opinion and you can feel it one way or another. on the e.u. side we are not to be favorable to monopolies in general this is not talking about that's probably going to police in general because we believe that competition is a better way and a better instrument to. good vision see to get better prices to get a very quality for the consumers so this is our approach but of course it is one only specific situations a census has to take in some decisions we cannot enter into that. question the

by reginald mason, director of the safety, security, and training. and enforcement. and julie is our service planner and is also our expert on the transit effectiveness program. we have a member of our sustainable streets division. i thought it was important, as we go forward and talk about the t-line, while i will submit to you that it is an integral part of the rail system, the unique features that perhaps make the t-line a model for where we want to be with the rest of the system, one of those is the use of a signal priorities to help move the line along. we have our in-house expert on that. with that, if i may, we have put together a brief powerpoint, and feel free to stop me at any time. as i said, i want to touch on both the fact that the t-line is an integral part of our existing system, as well as it has its unique features and is the newest line. it was, we believe, well conceived in terms of giving a rail line the flexibility to do some of the things to help it stay on service. i am talking about the t-line high platforms and to the introdu

we took that question to the mta's head of security reginald mason. >> we have undercover officers out there that are monitoring this. we have a muni response team. these folks out there are doing a great job. >> how can you say they are doing a great job when this continues to be such a problem for such a long period of time? >> it is not just something that comes up today and we make an arrest tomorrow. it is ongoing. this particular investigation with these two individuals it was a three-month process. >> reporter: to avoid the problem of counterfeiting all together mason says he has been pushing to get rid of paper transfers and switched to the clipper card. but it has been an uphill battle. >> this would be a change in the way they do business. and with change comes problems and issues and a lot of people do not want to change. >> reporter: still, he is hopeful those arrests will make a difference. >> we have some momentum there that we can say, hey, this has been happening, this is a problem. >> reporter: and hopefully slow the counterfeiting culture that has been so rampant for

in some of the monopoly it calls itself a gas monopoly but they say they say they are alike and reginald monopoly i mean they should be available do you think that maybe monopolize it and it may be good for russia for russian partners of drawing this is of course it is a matter of opinion it is it is not one this is a matter of opinion you can feel it one way or another. on the e.u. side we are not be favorable to what our policy in general is not talking about that's probably talking about monopolies in general because we believe that competition is a better way and a better instrument to get fish and see to get better prices to get quality for the consumers so this is our approach but of course it is one or is only specific situations where censors has to take some decisions we cannot enter into that. question the russian energy companies which are gazprom near to grasp of jazz and grasp of whatever. russian energy companies they are complaining that they have a lot of barriers in the european union. and the various there are not letting them free with access to the markets is it true

people, not wanting the job, two, not making the cut, and you know, i've always cautioned john and reginald mason who is responsible for traping, yes, we're short operators but we're not going to cut corners because we'll create a safety issue for the agency. i believe it's six weeks to create an operator in terms of training and -- but our attrition rate, we lose people monthly. we're losing between eight to a dozen operators on a monthly basis. >> have we ever looked a at the possibility of increasing capacity within our training? we constantly have this attrition going on. >> we're looking at increasing the number of trainers, increasing the hours of training, i believe we're doing training not just monday through friday but training is occurring on saturdays and sundays. there have been some tratjis, maybe it would be better that -- >> i mean there's actually three -- there's three things we've been doing. one is extending the training hours, one is looking at the available pool of trainers, in other words, supplement traditional instructors with something called line instructor, operat

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