The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track
In SF a couple of parks needed to have new public bathrooms built.  Cost: 2 million.[1]  If you had to do it yourself, It'd be about 100k max. It's pure graft and greediness.<p>Meanwhile in Japan, they convert an above ground line into a subway line in 3.5 hours of coordinated work.[2]  It's a startling difference. This is the one time I'd love to be able to bring engineering and crew from overseas and have them do the work for us and dispense with all the local corruption.<p>200 ghost workers -unbelievable.  And they initially wanted to keep that discovery quiet.  $1000/day/ghost worker for the taxpayers of New York. $200k waste per day --that's how much The City respects its citizens.<p>[1]<a href="http://hoodline.com/2017/10/golden-gate-park-playground-lands-2-million-for-bathrooms-upgrades" rel="nofollow">http://hoodline.com/2017/10/golden-gate-park-playground-land...</a><p>[2]<a href="https://youtu.be/wIbZqqLra9k?t=80" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/wIbZqqLra9k?t=80</a>