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COVID and Brexit have drastically reduced the amount of commuters, for the foreseeable decades. Don't be surprised that $20B transportation projects are being

COVID and Brexit have drastically reduced the amount of commuters, for the foreseeable decades. Don't be surprised that $20B transportation projects are being reconsidered.

toomuchtodo 5y ago
The best capital improvements are the ones that you can obviate away through cheap behavioral or societal adjustments (just as the best line of code is the one you can remove or didn’t have to write).
- Swenrekcah 5y ago
  These words aren't necessarily wrong, but quite irrelevant here, since Brexit can be called many things but 'cheap' isn't one of them.
  - toomuchtodo 5y ago
    Was more directed at COVID pushing remote work, negating the need to shuffle bodies around via public transit to do knowledge work. I agree Brexit has been an expensive, unnecessary shit show.
    - QasimK 5y ago
      COVID has not been cheap either - it has cost hundreds of billions [0]. You could fund twenty crossrails for this amount of money. [0]: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/22/a-year-of-covid-lockdowns-has-cost-the-uk-economy-251bn-study-says https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/22/a-year-of-c...
      - toomuchtodo 5y ago
        Brexit was a choice, while the fiscal, monetary, and societal response to COVID was necessary and unavoidable.
        QasimK 5y ago
        I disagree that it was unavoidable. I said to my family in February that the UK should stop all - absolutely all - flights into the country. The cost of this would have been miniscule compared to what ended up happening. (Not just flights - everything except essential goods including via trains, ships and lorries. Certainly all people should have been disallowed entry.)
    - Swenrekcah 5y ago
      Ah, makes sense. My bad. Although I do believe there is a great future for public transit in coordination with lighter ‘last mile’ solutions simply because cars are way too bulky for cities.
      - toomuchtodo 5y ago
        No worries at all. I agree that in most of Europe, cars are to be avoided considering density and robust existing connectivity. With that said, it makes sense to consider the New Future when making capex plans.

COVID and Brexit have drastically reduced the amount of commuters, for the foreseeable decades. Don't be surprised that $20B transportation projects are being reconsidered.

toomuchtodo 5y ago

The best capital improvements are the ones that you can obviate away through cheap behavioral or societal adjustments (just as the best line of code is the one you can remove or didn’t have to write).

Swenrekcah 5y ago
These words aren't necessarily wrong, but quite irrelevant here, since Brexit can be called many things but 'cheap' isn't one of them.
- toomuchtodo 5y ago
  Was more directed at COVID pushing remote work, negating the need to shuffle bodies around via public transit to do knowledge work. I agree Brexit has been an expensive, unnecessary shit show.
  - QasimK 5y ago
    COVID has not been cheap either - it has cost hundreds of billions [0]. You could fund twenty crossrails for this amount of money. [0]: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/22/a-year-of-covid-lockdowns-has-cost-the-uk-economy-251bn-study-says https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/22/a-year-of-c...
    - toomuchtodo 5y ago
      Brexit was a choice, while the fiscal, monetary, and societal response to COVID was necessary and unavoidable.
      - QasimK 5y ago
        I disagree that it was unavoidable. I said to my family in February that the UK should stop all - absolutely all - flights into the country. The cost of this would have been miniscule compared to what ended up happening. (Not just flights - everything except essential goods including via trains, ships and lorries. Certainly all people should have been disallowed entry.)
  - Swenrekcah 5y ago
    Ah, makes sense. My bad. Although I do believe there is a great future for public transit in coordination with lighter ‘last mile’ solutions simply because cars are way too bulky for cities.
    - toomuchtodo 5y ago
      No worries at all. I agree that in most of Europe, cars are to be avoided considering density and robust existing connectivity. With that said, it makes sense to consider the New Future when making capex plans.