Comment by aaronbrethorst

    The 2nd Ave Subway in Manhattan, with
    preparatory construction beginning in
    1942. First phase opened in 2017.

Although the outcome should be celebrated, the slowness and the added costs that brings certainly should not be.

    While every project is unique, it is not
    immediately clear why digging a subway
    on the Upper East Side is twenty times
    more expensive than in Seoul or ten
    times more expensive than in Paris.

https://marroninstitute.nyu.edu/blog/costly-lessons-from-the...

here's a even more damning look: https://www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/why-it-costs-4-billion...

edit: I've been on a tirade about this subject this week. https://www.brethorsting.com/blog/2025/07/state-capacity-and...