Politician explains subway cost inefficiencies from @chiosse

Name: Politician explains subway cost inefficiencies from @chiosse
Uploaded: 2025-01-30T20:28:09.000Z
Duration: 102 s
Channel: chiosse
Description: A NYC Council Member launches a new educational series by comparing NYC's transit system to global cities to highlight its inefficiencies. He breaks down five specific reasons for exorbitant construction costs, such as overbuilt stations and consultant fees, and advocates for cost reform to enable system expansion.

A NYC Council Member launches a new educational series by comparing NYC's transit system to global cities to highlight its inefficiencies. He breaks down five specific reasons for exorbitant construction costs, such as overbuilt stations and consultant fees, and advocates for cost reform to enable system expansion.

Creator: @chiosse on Instagram

Transcript

Is New York City worse than? Istanbul, Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona, London, Paris, Seoul, Amsterdam, Tokyo? We can't build subways. Our subway system was built over a hundred years ago, back when America could build things. And thank Good it happened then because it could never happen tier. That's because it worst so damn much to build transit in New York City. So we basically never do it. I'm New York City Council Better Chiyo Sei, and this is my new series, Why Shit Not Worse? Where I'll break d

Topics: Politics, Local, Business

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