“The costs are insane, for example $2.5 billion for an elevated extension of the 3 to Spring Creek of about 1.5 km (good idea, horrific cost), and $15.9 billion for a 6.8 km Utica subway (see maps here); this is in 2027 dollars, but the inescapable conclusion here is that the MTA thinks that to build an elevated extension in East New York should cost almost as much as it did to build a subway in Manhattan…”

Moving to Nashville fixes this. nostr:note1rghw8mt0z79ash4x6nh7trskwx0gaq6gum75tduf82azythhtagqwsuyp8

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The MTA is so busted. Not helped by the fact that it’s run by the state, not the city, and is more often than not used as a political cudgel to bend city government to Albany’s will. Really sad… NYC could be so much better with modern, reliable transit.

I knew it was a train wreck (Thanks. I’ll be here all night.), but these numbers made my jaw drop.