Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities

Re:Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities by kjkjadksj on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:20PM (#35396012)

Because the US insists transit need to look like a big sexy expensive two mezzanine underground platform, when a decidedly unsexy painted bus lane on the already existing wide arterial would offer most of the same utility for orders of magnitude less money.

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Re:Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities by orangepurple on Friday March 31, 2023 @11:07PM (#35396671)

All of the commenters are missing a huge point. US commuter rail projects are hugely corrupt enterprises. Just look at Honolulu for a blatant example of corruption in infrastructure spending (their train NO-ONE wanted)

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Re:Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities by kjkjadksj on Saturday April 01, 2023 @01:27AM (#35397415)

I’ve heard sometimes metros are forced to contract with certain contractors in particular because they have headhunted all the talent qualified to interpret the metros own requirements. You can imagine how much abuse this situation can lead to.

The US needs to drop the contractor model and just directly staff labor for public works. If there is enough work going around to maintain a contracting company, then there’s therefore enough work to staff a public rail building division, and build out some standardized and therefore cheaper designs for this infrastructure.

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