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Yeah, and every country (at least every Western country) has the same issue. Perfect storm of building codes, political apathy, government bureaucracy, and cor

• pchristensen 2y ago
  Not every western country (although every Anglophone country). There's a whole spectrum of costs - e.g. Spain has the lowest costs and fastest delivery of transit projects in the developed world, by a large margin (maybe an order of magnitude?). Alon Levy at https://pedestrianobservations.com https://pedestrianobservations.com covers this in great detail if you're interested.
  • paulddraper 2y ago
    "Delivery" perhaps, but an odd sentiment given Spain's notorious ongoing rail issues and airport misallocations. https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/11/30/crowds-breakdowns-and-copper-thefts-whats-the-real-reason-for-spains-ongoing-rail-issues https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/11/30/crowds-breakdowns... https://www.worldfinance.com/strategy/government-policy/spains-infrastructure-woes-are-more-serious-than-they-appear https://www.worldfinance.com/strategy/government-policy/spai...
    • pchristensen 2y ago
      I don't have any first-hand experience, but there's a lot of data: - https://worksinprogress.co/issue/how-madrid-built-its-metro-cheaply/ - https://pedestrianobservations.com/2024/12/07/low-spanish-costs-are-not-about-decentralization/
• porphyra 2y ago
  Western Europe seems to be doing fine. The EU opened 10x as many metro systems in 2024 compared to 2023 [1]. Notable systems include the Grand Paris Express, Thessaloniki Metro, and Milan M4. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/transit/comments/1hf6p47/in_2024_the_eu_opened_ten_times_as_many_brand_new/ https://www.reddit.com/r/transit/comments/1hf6p47/in_2024_th...