Comment Comment by tick_tock_tick Corruption, environmental reviews, and labor costs make most major projects in the US a failure.San Francisco's subway extension.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Subway3 years behind schedule, with work starting in 2012 and a cost of 1.6 billion dollars for 1.7 miles of rail.The same story repeats itself all over the country. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-... New York clocking in at 2.7 billion per mile for a 6 billion dollar extension. parent tick_tock_tick 6 years ago
San Francisco's subway extension.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Subway
3 years behind schedule, with work starting in 2012 and a cost of 1.6 billion dollars for 1.7 miles of rail.
The same story repeats itself all over the country. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-... New York clocking in at 2.7 billion per mile for a 6 billion dollar extension.