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RedOrca-15483 t1_jbott7p wrote

3.4 billion for 7 extensions. 4.6 billion for SAS1. 12.1 billion for East side access which they fucked up unsurprisingly. and 7.7 billion for SAS2....I wonder if the MTA is willing to pull that massive checkbook for for outer-Boros transit expansion?

Also, its time to prioritize elevated railways over subways given the insane amount of ancillary infrastructure needed to construct and operate a subway.

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Boogie-Down t1_jbp2xmv wrote

You’re right, there should be something happening in outer boroughs too, but lets not act like one updated station in Manhattan doesn’t have New Yorkers from 3 to 4 different boroughs traveling through it daily.

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Cascando-5273 t1_jbslp54 wrote

A personal perspective: I lived outside of Bangkok when they constructed extensive elevated trains and roadways (early 2000s). If you want to see a model of failed projects, take a look at them: unbelievably expensive and corrupt, and not cost-effective either. The problems the projects were meant to address were worsened, and most of the money went down the drain. The only people helped were grifters.

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