When the US needs to build infrastructure, they can build it incredibly fast. The replacement I-35 bridge [34] and the fix to the Oroville Dam Spillway [6] are examples.
Usually it gets tied up in years or decades of various fights like the St Croix Crossing which required federal action: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Croix_Crossing
[34] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Saint_Anthony_Falls_Brid...
Re:Crossrail Gets Cross
by bobthepanda on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @04:54PM
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To clarify, when I say "investments", I mean the number of distinct improvements, not $ spent.
I'm a big transit nerd and it's very disappointing. As what should be table stakes, there is no realistic plan to get to 100% accessibility in NYC.
The ADA messed up by not specifying allowed existing buildings have to have a 30 year plan in place to become accessible, with a requirement that if they put this off they place into escrow that years part. (I'm not sure how to write this, but essentially either upgrade 1/30 of your buildings each year, or place in third partt escrow that money). If you own a building you need to do a major remodel every 30 years anyway just to keep it safe and in good shape so for landlords keeping their property up this isn't really much different than what they would do anyway)
Re:Crossrail Gets Cross
by bobthepanda on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:27PM
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I mean, there are definitely stations that the MTA has not rehabbed in the last 30 years. There’s also no realistic plan to renovate every station either. (And they do need it, many stations have water damage and the like)
Its not for lack of investment that this project has been delayed over 100 years. Plenty of money has gone down that pit. There is a cost disease afflicting infrastructure in the US (and health care, and education).
*technically what I have is a transit diagram, not a map. The difference being it abstracts away the geography and angularizes all the lines.