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I think it is for this reason that Switzerland has a fixed budget for their railway construction. And it seems to pay off, Swiss railway is exceptional.
by 0zer0 4mo ago
I think it is for this reason that Switzerland has a fixed budget for their railway construction. And it seems to pay off, Swiss railway is exceptional.
- Schiendelman 4mo agoWith a small country, stable government, and national level funding, that's perfectly feasible. I wish that would work in the US, but we have hundreds of transit agencies that do capital projects.
- BDPW 4mo agoHas nothing to do with size, see Japan and China.
- sokka_h2otribe 4mo agoWhat does it have to do with then? My understanding japan has a surprisingly private train system, and China fits the model of "works when it's constantly expanding"
- Schiendelman 4mo agoJapan is mostly using exactly the model I suggested.
- bluGill 4mo agoEach of those hundreds of transit agencies are small, but many of them cover populations similar to Switzerland. Some of them cover much larger populations. They should be able to do what so soon as doing entirely within their little agency and yet they are not.