This is just the most extreme example. Others include a Richmond-San Rafael Bridge replacement with maybe twice the deck area, but well over 10 times the cost. The Eastern Span is the second most expensive single US public works project in history and the Eastern span replacement alone cost almost 5 times the whole original bridge. This article lists European and Japanese tunnel prices around ~22%-55% bay area levels. etc.
So... why? The cost difference on the tube alone is an amount greater than the entire GDP of some nations with more people than the bay area. Lack of expertise seems like it should be possible to remedy in the tech capital of the world... As far as multiple regulatory bodies, shouldn't that yield delays rather than massively increased costs? Earthquakes alone don't explain it, partly evidenced by lower costs in Japan.
This has bugged me for a while. Shouldn't the massive technological advances in the last 84 or 50 years make it cheaper to build? Any insight you could offer into where these 200%-1200% are coming from would be much appreciated.
Hey everybody the LEGO BART 50th Anniversary Train is still very much in the hunt to become official.
The idea behind this train is to introduce youth to public transit.
Plz vote here: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/cf0b4715-5b6e-4ccf-b609-cbbb52556049/updates#content_nav_tabs
Thanks!
The trains on flatbed tucks being hauled on 270 near Dublin. Any ideas on why they are in Columbus? This has happened several times. I’m would love to see Columbus get a public transit system. I feel like they are here just to get fixed though.
