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No it isn't. It's a US thing.
by mmanfrin 7y ago
No it isn't. It's a US thing.
- DannyBee 7y agoIn California it is caused by enabling local municipalities to have a say and pretending you will ever get a consensus, instead of just saying "hey, we are the state, we're doin it, tough crap". (the NIMBY lawsuits part is separate from this) That failure mode definitely exists in other states.
- jonathankoren 7y agoThis. Looking at the route through the SF peninsula, it seemed like every other city wanted a completely different system. Palo Alto wants a trench! Menlo Park wants it elevated! Burlingame wants it at grade! Hell, the damn thing would have had more hills than a rollercoaster.
- asdff 7y agoExactly what LA dealt with regarding the expo line. Parts are elevated through LA past USC and you zip through with a beautiful view of the hills, then back at grade in santa monica and the train has to sit in traffic because it doesn't have priority. The purple line extension almost didn't happen because the brilliant citizen-scientists of beverly hills were convinced there would be too much underground vibration or the city would explode or something, hard to say what particular grievance they are on these days.