04-05-2023, 09:53 AM
(04-05-2023, 12:29 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: RM Transit has some interesting discussions of construction cost but none of his explanations seem to apply here. If we can’t build a simple at grade LRT line for less than 4 billion then we simply aren’t going to succeed as a society.
Even with the bridges, this is just an unreasonable cost for that amount of transit. Similar to what you are saying, I would say that this is probably symptomatic of some serious problems with our ability to build things that we need.
What does this imply for future road construction? Bridges for an LRT line should be similar in expense and design to bridges for a 2-lane road. How can we possibly afford the 8-lane superhighways many people still think we should be building if we can’t even build a few LRT bridges for a reasonable price?