Shining More Lights on a Multi-Billion Dollar Problem: High Costs for Transit Construction
October 28, 2022 – Eno and the NYU Marron Institute have been trying to answer similar questions. Marron Institute has been assessing “Why do transit-infrastructure projects in New York cost 20 times more on a per kilometer basis than in Seoul?” while Eno has been asking: “Why does the U.S. pay more than a 50 percent premium to build at-grade and tunneled rail projects?”