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> 1 billion per mile That seems incredibly high. My city in France just finished building a new subway line and the cost was ~100 million € per km (170 million
by thiht 3y ago
> 1 billion per mile
That seems incredibly high. My city in France just finished building a new subway line and the cost was ~100 million € per km (170 million $ per mile)
Not sure why there's an order of magnitude difference?
- s1artibartfast 3y agoNow consider 7.7 billion for 1.5 miles: https://gothamist.com/news/cost-of-second-ave-subway-extension-to-east-harlem-balloons-to-77b https://gothamist.com/news/cost-of-second-ave-subway-extensi... Somewhat related: New York metro unveils $30M staircase https://nypost.com/2022/05/16/mta-unveils-stunning-30m-staircase-at-times-square-subway-station/ https://nypost.com/2022/05/16/mta-unveils-stunning-30m-stair... only slightly less egregious, BART completes $41 million pedestrian bridge: https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2022/news20220203 https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2022/news20220203
- JamesBarney 3y agoIt is incredibly high. The US is uniquely bad at building infrastructure at a cost that makes sense.