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> Now, no matter the cost—at least $100 billion—the city must rebuild it to survive. Why are transit-build costs so much more expensive in New York compared to
by pdog 9y ago
> Now, no matter the cost—at least $100 billion—the city must rebuild it to survive.
Why are transit-build costs so much more expensive in New York compared to other major international cities?
The cost of new underground railway is between $400 million and $700 million per mile in cities like London, Tokyo, and Berlin.
The Second Avenue subway in New York cost $2.5 billion per mile, which is five times the average elsewhere in the world.
- twobyfour 9y agoThe Times did an article on that last week.
- boylan 9y agoYup - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-construction-costs.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-... There were at least 200 people making $1,000/day to do nothing. That's $73 million/year in pure waste on that project alone.
- Eridrus 9y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-construction-costs.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/nyregion/new-york-subway-system-failure-delays.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/nyregion/new-york-subway-... etc