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Are there any serious infrastructure projects happening in our cities now?
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:31 PM Author: chestnut insane gay wizard brethren Just read about a massive new sewage and drain tunnel system in Mexico City and obviously India and China are building world class transportation systems. Lol are we doing anything at all or just waiting on Elon Musk to solve our traffic issues in a way that benefits Tesla? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813522) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:33 PM Author: gold legend crackhouse No. We are still rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan and sending billion$ to Israel. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813534) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:33 PM Author: Salmon athletic conference (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813543) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:34 PM Author: arousing love of her life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813549) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 1:10 PM Author: contagious magenta station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813778) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 1:21 PM Author: spectacular temple milk (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813862) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 3:07 PM Author: galvanic bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37814539) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:33 PM Author: Lascivious Travel Guidebook Hunting Ground NYC: east side access DC (actually nova and MD): Silver and Purple lines, new station on blue line
NYC is a mess but the DC projects are going reasonably well |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 1:37 PM Author: Amethyst Cerebral School Cafeteria Lol the DC metro is horrible bro, you can't be serious with this shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813979) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 2:55 PM Author: Rebellious whorehouse (Muriel Bowser intern) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37814470) |
Date: February 20th, 2019 12:32 PM Author: Silver Harsh People Who Are Hurt Is anything preventing those cities from raising taxes on their inhabitants to pay for those projects? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813528) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:33 PM Author: Ocher odious hell laser beams lol Miami is busy Manhattanifying its downtown full of residential skyscrapers for all-cash south american investors, without any parking, schools, or anything else. Traffic should be 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813537) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:34 PM Author: Salmon athletic conference brazilian and colombian all cash buyers miss the traffic back home, so obviously they need to bring it to miami (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813552) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:52 PM Author: chestnut insane gay wizard brethren Ljl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813647) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 2:56 PM Author: Rebellious whorehouse They don't live there. These buildings are just enormous empty cargo holds |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:34 PM Author: Hairraiser internet-worthy locus The last big, innovative one that I can remember was Boston's "Big Dig". (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813548) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:35 PM Author: Salmon athletic conference "It will be 3 years and $2bn"
*17 years and $19bn later* |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:55 PM Author: chestnut insane gay wizard brethren It bothers me that people are surprised when time and money is underestimated. Isn’t it supposed to be that way? No one would vote for it if politicians were truthful and reasonable about costs, and those politicians wouldn’t be re-elected. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t still do shit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813672) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 1:10 PM Author: Salmon athletic conference I prefer projects be on time and under budget. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813772) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 4:55 PM Author: Filthy Ratface Casino the big dig had so many cost overruns that it effectively ate up the budget for other road plans in MA. ie, there was supposed to be some reconstruction of the mass pike, too, to put covering over some of it and turn it into a tunnel, but there was just no money for it after the big dig. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37815194) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:34 PM Author: Disgusting mahogany partner Lol no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813551) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:35 PM Author: arousing love of her life most inner cities have been converted into open air zoos (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813561) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:52 PM Author: aggressive field psychic (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813651) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 12:53 PM Author: Sienna Narrow-minded School Jap It's almost as if we built the needed infrastructure decades ago! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813654) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 1:12 PM Author: stimulating doobsian brunch Portland is burying & capping i5 and building on top of it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813799) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 4:56 PM Author: Filthy Ratface Casino you mean 405? and i don't think any of that work is underway, or will start any time soon. seattle replaced the alaska way viaduct, but that's only a mile of roadway and isn't very ambitious realistically. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37815203) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 5:03 PM Author: stimulating doobsian brunch No i don't fucking mean 405 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37815244) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 1:13 PM Author: Emerald codepig stage As the poaster above noted, East Side Access in NYC is a really big project, but what I find most amazing is that you don't see any signs of it on the surface, even though they're digging out huge caverns beneath Grand Central.
Also, the new Tappan Zee bridge is pretty 180. |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 5:07 PM Author: motley brass pervert In 2012, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)'s Inspector General announced that it wanted an audit done on the project, after the USDOT learned of the fourteen-year delay in the completion date and the more-than-100% cost increase.[38][27] In 2015, the USDOT's Deputy Principal Assistant Inspector General for Auditing and Evaluation, Joseph W. Come, testified before the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Assets. Come said that several New York City transportation projects also experienced significant delays and cost overruns. This was due to a variety of factors, such as fraud, poor management, and a lack of oversight.[39] The New York Times reported in 2017 that the project was slated to become the most expensive of its kind in the world. With an estimated cost of $12 billion, or approximately $3,500,000,000 per mile ($2.2×109/km) of new tunnel, the East Side Access tunnels were seven times as expensive as comparable railroad tunnels in other countries.[28][30] Over the years, the projected cost of East Side Access had risen by billions of dollars due to unnecessary expenses. Contractors for the MTA were paid more than those working in other cities, even though that provided no construction benefits. Planning for East Side Access cost upward of $2 billion, and planning for MTA projects in general also made up a more significant part of the cost than in other cities' projects. In addition, politicians and trade unions had forced the MTA to hire more workers than were needed. In 2010, an accountant had found that the project was hiring 200 extra workers, at a cost of $1,000 per worker per day, for no apparent reason.[28] The bidding process for MTA construction contracts also raised costs because, in some cases, only one or two contractors would bid on a project.[28][24] Similar construction projects in New York City, such as the Second Avenue Subway and 7 Subway Extension, had been more expensive than comparable projects elsewhere for the same reasons, even though other cities' transit systems faced similar, or greater, problems compared to the MTA.[28] Other delays were attributed to the fact that dozens of contracts, some of which conflicted with each other, were bid out separately. Cost increases also occurred due to changing the design while construction was underway; ordering components that were the wrong size; failing to cooperate with other transit agencies in Sunnyside Yard; and making infeasible construction-timeline estimates.[24] |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 1:20 PM Author: honey-headed irate plaza Ambitious projects are virtually impossible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813847) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 1:26 PM Author: soggy preventive strike roommate SF is building a new subway line, the "Central Subway." 1.7 miles long. Was proposed in 2000 with completion date of 2009. Ground was broken in 2010 with estimated completion now at late 2019. Projected cost was $530M. It's now at $1.6B (and lol if you believe this is it). Feds have chipped in almost $1B. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37813901) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 1:35 PM Author: Salmon athletic conference subway construction costs in NYC/SF are like 4-5x what they are in Europe
fucking blue cities cant do fucking shit but steal and malinger |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 4:57 PM Author: canary depressive sweet tailpipe New York just built a new Tappan Zee bridge.
Also, we were able to extend a subway line three stops in only TEN YEARS. |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 5:00 PM Author: bearded drunken address mediation We're allegedly getting a high speed train between Houston and Dallas. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37815227) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 5:01 PM Author: supple institution Who needs infrastructure? Just build more super skinny TWINKSCRAPERS! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37815236) |
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Date: February 20th, 2019 5:33 PM Author: aphrodisiac glassy kitchen Not the US, but in Mexico LA is building out their light rail (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4205575&forum_id=2#37815461) |