US is absolutely terrible at large infrastructure projects. This article has some good details and statistics: https://www.niskanencenter.org/wp-content/uploads

US is absolutely terrible at large infrastructure projects. This article has some good details and statistics: https://www.niskanencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/levy-infastructure.pdf https://www.niskanencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/le... In general, Alon Levy's blog has great articles on this topic and he lives in Berlin https://pedestrianobservations.com/ https://pedestrianobservations.com/