With falling market revenues, UK consultancies have a hole to fill for their shareholders. This has a knock-on effect of increasing rates on businesses, regardless of additional or even quality of service. When you're considering paying a premium rate for a cookie-cutter recommendation, that's where the problem arises.
Transit is absolutely essential to our region. As a public transit agency facing a large deficit and potential service cuts for riders, we need to be extremely careful stewards of taxpayer dollars and the public's trust.