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Subways are costing even more than we think.
This post is now available in audio format for paid subscribers.
What follows is a post from JRUrbaneNetwork (with some notes from your correspondent), one of the few people producing regular excellent written content — in English — on r...
A Podcast. Ep. 2
Stuttgart 21, People Movers
We’re back with a much delayed second podcast episode! It’s up here now, and will come out on YouTube in a week or so.
Why transit suddenly costs so much.
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In the two months since The Transit Brief launched, and from the very first post, the issue of massive escalations in the cost of building transit— and specifically subways —...
A Subway, or 15+ Transformative Infrastructure Projects and A Subway?
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Montreal’s Blue Line extension — at $7.6 billion for just five stations and 6 km of track — is one of the most expensive subways ever constructed on Earth. If it cos...
Transit-Oriented Nation.
Transit-oriented development has taken over Canada. What used to be largely limited to Vancouver and Toronto has gone nationwide, while in Toronto and Vancouver it has become ubiquitous. Housing has become more expensive, but much of the ho...
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