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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Thu Feb 4 16:18:51 2016, in response to Re: DeBlasio to propose incredibly-expensive streetcar line, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Feb 4 03:49:55 2016. construction requires working around a LOT of other infrastructure and other high costs. New York City ain't Portland either. Laying track through nowhere is cheap.To be honest, Paris opened up a subway extension that cost nearly $250/mile, so we should be a bit cautious in saying that stuff is automatically expensive. Olog is probably the worst person to make these arguments given his political sentiments, but there are some people on the advocacy side who are concerned about the high costs of capital and operating service to get anything resembling transit in Anglo-Saxon societies, and especially in the worst case situation of New York. The man's a crank, but he has a bit of a point, and the reason that the Europeans can provide so much transit is because they simply get more for their money. |
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