While size and square mileage would make things worse per km (or per km^2), they shouldn't affect unit costs. See also these tweets (also from the linked threa

While size and square mileage would make things worse per km (or per km^2), they shouldn't affect unit costs. See also these tweets (also from the linked thread) and various others by MarketUrbanism: https://twitter.com/MarketUrbanism/status/639265131885686784 https://twitter.com/MarketUrbanism/status/639265131885686784 https://twitter.com/MarketUrbanism/status/639445006084886529 https://twitter.com/MarketUrbanism/status/639445006084886529 Apparently turf wars ("Your job is to keep the LIRR out of Grand Central") and union contracts do contribute a lot to this perfect storm. I don't understand why you disagree with my use of the word "waste" to describe this.