>It’s precisely the people who do want to see the United States build great new transportation projects who ought to worry about why we are so bad at executing

>It’s precisely the people who do want to see the United States build great new transportation projects who ought to worry about why we are so bad at executing on them. Unfortunately, not everyone in politics sees it that way. Absolutely true. In the US transit projects are big ticket items, so it's a chance to take care of the people who put you into office. After awhile voters become cynical and won't support these projects at all. It shouldn't cost a billion dollars to lay a mile of track and people realize that.