#infrastructurecosts — Public Fediverse posts

California high-speed rail price tag jumps to $231B, nearly 7x 2008 estimate

https://kmph.com/news/local/california-high-speed-rail-price-tag-jumps-to-231b-nearly-seven-times-2008-estimate

#HackerNews #CaliforniaHighSpeedRail #RailFunding #InfrastructureCosts #TransportationNews #BudgetConcerns

Grassroots Democracy: A Battle Over Highway Expansion with Peggy Daly-Masternak

One of the basic benefits we enjoy as citizens of a democracy like the United States is our right to addr

https://glasscityhumanist.show/2024/grassroots-democracy-a-battle-over-highway-expansion-with-peggy-daly-masternak/

#AirQuality #CivicEngagement #CommunityActivism #EnvironmentalImpact #GrassrootsMovement #InfrastructureCosts #NoisePollution #PublicHealth #PublicTransit #SocialJustice #UrbanPlanning

Write this down:The extension of the Second Avenue Subway to #EastHarlem is estimated to cost $7.7 B. The #MTA is seeking $3.4 billion from the Feds. Safe bet it will go #overbudget and arrive a decade or more late! #transit #nyc #infrastructurecosts

@aktivismoEstasMiaLuo
Roads into the #CBD at #peakHour should have a cost too. In #Australia we have an onerous #carRegistration tax that requires people to use their car to get value out of the registration.

50c in in the morning, 50c out in the evening.

#peakHourToll #environment #airPollution #carbonTax #congestion #fairness #equality #regionalAustralia #farming #infrastructureCosts #investment #auspol #ruralAustralia

@Ajz @erincandescent