As much as I stand with you that gov't uses our money poorly... And while I'm not a civil engineer... I am an engineer. There's no way you are getting a mass transit system for $150M.
If I had to guess it was a poorly worded implication that they won't even pay that to support what we jave, not a whole train system for $150M
Came here to say this too. My benchmark is the Silver Line extension in the Virginia suburbs outside DC. For those unfamiliar, the project added an additional 11 stations in two phases opening in 2014 and 2022. The vast majority of the route takes place deep in suburbia where land prices are cheaper than in DC itself. The route is also almost entirely in the highway median for the Dulles toll road, which means they already had the right-of-way. It's certainly not a comprehensive system, but rather, a small extension of a much larger system. Total price tag for phase 1+2 combined was $6-7 billion before adjusting for inflation to today.
$150M will get you nothing. It's a lot of money to an individual person, but it's a rounding error to the municipal budget of a large city. I know this is just a meme, but the math is off by a factor of 100 to 1000.
Not even one subway station lol: https://www.cp24.com/news/it-is-quite-a-shock-cost-of-building-the-ontario-line-has-nearly-doubled-1.6167102
Ontario Line is kind of a bad example, it's a clownshow of epic proportions
150$ M sounds a bit low.
I agree, I wonder where this number comes from. However, I'd rather spend $2B on public transit rather than $1B on a stadium.
The very idea that public money should be spent on buildings that are entirely for profit by corporate entities is appalling. Moreso, most of these sports lead players to severe injuries and bankruptcy, while incentivizing colleges to put sports ahead of their curricula. The sports are poisoning everything.
A transit line in my city has cost over $10 billion and still isn't done, I don't think you're getting much for $150 million.
As someone who lives in the United States, it's really sad how our government chooses to prioritize things that aren't going to solve the issues we have.
Have you tried writing to your local representative and expressing your displeasure?
Lol I have before. Now I just save time and write the letter and then throw it in the garbage for them. :/
Just send this meme.
A transit of what? Certainly not anything resembling a train. 😅
