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>> The Elizabeth Line was unbelievably expensive to build; that's how the UK did it. Fair. But what is also expensive is every single citizen taking $100 Uber
by TuringNYC 8mo ago
>> The Elizabeth Line was unbelievably expensive to build; that's how the UK did it.
Fair. But what is also expensive is every single citizen taking $100 Uber rides to the airport, like in NYC. In NJ, the transit service has become so volatile and sporadic and opaque that people have reduced NJTransit use for Newark airport in favor of simply driving.
- direwolf20 8mo agoThat cost doesn't show up on government books, so we can pretend it doesn't exist. The joys of decentral planning.
- philipallstar 8mo agoWe don't have to pretend it doesn't exist. It actually doesn't cost the taxpayer anything.
- matt-p 8mo agoWrong, $100 Uber rides boost employment and the economy! (Just ignore the impacts of congestion, wasted time, road spending)
- badc0ffee 8mo ago> But what is also expensive is every single citizen taking $100 Uber rides to the airport, like in NYC. Last time I went to NYC I took the AirTrain to Jamaica station and then an express train to Penn. it took like 35 minutes total.