I'm from EU, living in EU and... Can't really answer for USA but in EU all large infra projects have proven countless time big waste of resources, even the very

I'm from EU, living in EU and... Can't really answer for USA but in EU all large infra projects have proven countless time big waste of resources, even the very few that for some reason prove to work a bit for a short period of time... I suppose that's happen equally around the world. Some, who shape things more for the today economy suffer more (like probably USA, or Germany) and those who plan a bit more for States interest suffer a bit less (like France) but in the end the outcome is not that different, only more or less visible to anyone. In transportation terms the main issue is that you plan something that will be ready after many years, when it will be ready (if it ever will) things have changes and so the once theoretically good infra is now not needed/nor useful anymore...