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At that point, you're just hiring an engineering firm, so there's no real benefit to government doing it.
by Schiendelman 4mo ago
At that point, you're just hiring an engineering firm, so there's no real benefit to government doing it.
- inglor_cz 4mo agoThere is, because your own projects always get a priority. Plus, the institutional history. If the same group of people projected your metro for the last 40 years, they carry a lot of local know-how in their heads.
- rangestransform 4mo agoHaving a single buyer gives the government the ability to force standardization across cities, and squeeze contractors. Knowing the US though, it’ll become a jobs program for bumfuck towns like Plattsburgh NY
- Schiendelman 4mo agoI'm not sure I see any mechanism through which government would gain those powers. I'm also not sure standardization across cities is a good idea - that sounds good but it would slow innovation in technology.