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Public construction in the US is about an order of magnitude slower and more expensive than in the rest of the world.
by krakensden 14y ago
Public construction in the US is about an order of magnitude slower and more expensive than in the rest of the world.
- enjo 14y agoCitation please.
- WildUtah 14y agoUS transit construction costs about ten times as much and takes about five to ten times as long as construction in Spain and Korea. Everyplace else falls somewhere in between, but most are much closer to the Spanish and Korean levels than ours. http://streetsblog.net/2012/08/29/why-are-american-infrastructure-projects-so-expensive/ http://streetsblog.net/2012/08/29/why-are-american-infrastru... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-26/u-s-taxpayers-are-gouged-on-mass-transit-costs.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-26/u-s-taxpayers-are-g... http://www.humantransit.org/2010/12/quote-of-the-week-transit-construction-costs-in-the-us.html http://www.humantransit.org/2010/12/quote-of-the-week-transi...
- bearmf 14y agoI like this link: http://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/us-rail-construction-costs/ http://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/us-ra... NYC costs are very high, they should be more in line with London at least.