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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by Empact on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @08:51PM (#39699417)
Fun fact: the vast majority of the NYC system was built between 1904 and 1940 when there were several competing subway companies. Since the subway companies were unified in 1940, essentially no new lines have been built.

The NYC Subway is a relic from a foregone age, from a time when we built things and wasn’t mired in bureaucracy and carbrained thinking.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City...

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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by wolverine876 on Thursday March 14, 2024 @12:42AM (#39700664)
They don't need many new lines, having already built them. They also haven't built many new bridges to Brooklyn in awhile nor midtown tunnels under the Hudson nor large parks in the center of Manhattan.
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