The problem isn&#x27;t money in - it&#x27;s the high costs that the MTA inflicts on itself.<p>In terms of cost, consider construction. Cities like Singapore, Hong Kong, Delhi, Dubai and Budapest build subways at $100-500M&#x2F;km. In NYC the cost is $2,000M&#x2F;km.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;06&#x2F;03&#x2F;comparative-subway-construction-costs-revised&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;06&#x2F;03&#x2F;comp...</a><p>I&#x27;ll talk a bit about the Delhi metro since my wallet currently contains a NYC metro card and a Delhi travel card. The Delhi metro cost 10,800 crore for phase 1 and 19,131 crore for phase 2. That&#x27;s about $5 billion.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.indianexpress.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;delhi-to-recover-entire-cost-of-metro-phase1-by-2011&#x2F;525800&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.indianexpress.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;delhi-to-recover-entir...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.delhimetrorail.com&#x2F;projectsupdate&#x2F;project_cost.aspx" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.delhimetrorail.com&#x2F;projectsupdate&#x2F;project_cost.as...</a><p>Here is a time lapse of the Delhi metro being built:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Delhi_Metro#&#x2F;media&#x2F;File:Delhi_Metro_Evo.gif" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Delhi_Metro#&#x2F;media&#x2F;File:Delhi_...</a><p>For approximately $5 billion, Delhi got 132 miles of track (mixed subway, at-grade and elevated) and 160 stations.<p>In NYC, we spent $2.4 billion on the 7 line extension. We got 1 mile of subway and 1 station.<p>The MTA wastes virtually every dollar we give them. Giving them more money is not the solution; putting them in jail and paying Singapore to administer our transit is.