Why are U.S. transit projects so costly? This group is on the case
not to make this political but this is more political than not. people vocally want certain things (eg. prevailing wages) more than they want efficient costs so there's little incentive to make things cheaper.<p>a good case is always california's railway vs. florida's brightline. the differences are stark:<p>- $1B per mile vs. <$20M per mile [1]<p>- prevailing wages vs. market wages<p>- politics and nimby-ism vs. privatized project<p>- delayed to maybe 2030 vs. opening 2023<p>[1] <a href="https://fee.org/articles/florida-company-shows-california-how-to-build-a-railroad-with-its-brightline-rail-system/" rel="nofollow">https://fee.org/articles/florida-company-shows-california-ho...</a>