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The article makes it sound horrible, but I wonder how bad it really is. For instance, they've "only" spent $50m so far compensating. That's only 0.33% of the t
by robzyb 12y ago
The article makes it sound horrible, but I wonder how bad it really is.
For instance, they've "only" spent $50m so far compensating. That's only 0.33% of the total $15bn budget for the trains.
Even if they end up spending a whole $1bn widening platforms - that's "only" a 6.66% cost blowout.
In the context of infrastructure projects, a <10% budget blowout doesn't sound so bad :P
- anigbrowl 12y agoCompared to the clusterfuck of extending the San Francisco subway system, it sounds like a bargain. By contrast, I've grown to love the subway system in LA to the point that I look forward to visiting so I can ride it.
- batiudrami 12y agoHoly crap, someone who loves LA public transport? Admittedly SF's is...odd, but I'd say it's much better than LA's. They're both got nothing on NY or Chicago though, obviously. Edit: This is from a tourist perspective to all four cities, so I only have a little experience with each of them.
- Dorian-Marie 12y agoAnd it's actually to improve old train stations so not that bad if we can get larger train.
- gbog 12y ago> The article makes it sound horrible Yes, it feels like "look we found something to say about the French abd how they are bad a planning!" I have the same impression when reading my home country's newspapers about UK or USA, it's like a jealous girl saying about the pretty one: "Look, she has a red spot today!". And this means UK is jealous about France, which is nice the know...
- makomk 12y agoAlmost but not quite. If it happened in the UK it'd be all over the UK news as evidence of how broken Britain's train system is, as cstross pointed out on Twitter earlier. It's mostly surprising because we're used to the French actually being competent at running train systems unlike us.
- OwlyCode 12y agoYes it makes it sound horrible. 0.33% is nothing when speaking of over expenses. Plus, getting larger train was planned as French Government passed a law for accessibility for the disabled to be applied before 2015 : the distance between the border of the station and the train must not be more than 1cm (horizontally and vertically). (French source : https://www.facebook.com/cedricingrand/posts/10152473737687853?fref=nf https://www.facebook.com/cedricingrand/posts/101524737376878...)