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And before you say “you’re just a cynic, you have to believe in the power of disruption”, I want you to study the vast cost overruns and cost-disease of every p
by perardi 6y ago
And before you say “you’re just a cynic, you have to believe in the power of disruption”, I want you to study the vast cost overruns and cost-disease of every public transit project of note in Canada in recent memory, and then tell me how magic startup fairy dust will cut through sclerotic governments both municipal, provincial, and federal.
We barely made Presto cards work.
- badloginagain 6y agoMy only question is if MoU is necessary step for any project like this. My expectation is that government bureaucracy requires each laborious step be taken in order for the project to even get to a state where it can start to fail.
- moltar 6y agoIt is so sad, but true. Canada is such a fantastic country in many ways, but the corruption on every level makes everything so expensive. Leaves nothing for good projects that are so badly needed to make it first class.
- moltar 6y agoIt took Ottawa 20 years to roll out first stage of light rail.
- perardi 6y agoAnd of course, the Relief Line in Toronto. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief_Line_(Toronto) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief_Line_(Toronto)