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This is a thread in which I'd like to discuss
1) Why the global average costs are what they are
2) Why US projects cost more than the global average
3) Why the GLX almost got too expensive and how it was reigned back
4) How the Big Dig got too expensive and was not reigned back
5) Why NYC projects cost even more
and:
6 Who in the US "does it right";
7) Is the GLX now being "done right";
8) Will a "done right" GLX redeem Boston's reputation and enable an NSRL
#8 is my favorite. My belief is that Baker-Pollack may have done transit advocates a huge favor by crafting a big transit project that can be delivered on time and on (new) budget, as opposed to twin disasters Big Dig and Greenbush.
I suggest these articles as background
NYT on NYC's outlier costs for 2AvSub & ESA. (Dec 2017)
Can we talk rationally about the Big Dig yet? (from 2015)
1) Why the global average costs are what they are
2) Why US projects cost more than the global average
3) Why the GLX almost got too expensive and how it was reigned back
4) How the Big Dig got too expensive and was not reigned back
5) Why NYC projects cost even more
and:
6 Who in the US "does it right";
7) Is the GLX now being "done right";
8) Will a "done right" GLX redeem Boston's reputation and enable an NSRL
#8 is my favorite. My belief is that Baker-Pollack may have done transit advocates a huge favor by crafting a big transit project that can be delivered on time and on (new) budget, as opposed to twin disasters Big Dig and Greenbush.
I suggest these articles as background
NYT on NYC's outlier costs for 2AvSub & ESA. (Dec 2017)
Can we talk rationally about the Big Dig yet? (from 2015)
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