Why does America spend so much—and get so little—when it comes to trains?
, who works with Levy at the Transit Costs Project, about why America spends so much money—and gets so little—when it builds trains. Our conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.
What’s gone wrong here? Why are we building things at a cost that is so much higher than our peer countries? They looked at what was going on all over the world. They looked at things like tunnels and viaducts and the diameter of tubes and the technology of the rolling stock and the power source and the track gauge. They did the field work, and they collected all of the details and said, “OK, this is what these places have done.” They brought in French experts to help them with things that they didn’t have the capabilities in. They developed that capacity.
Yeah. And it’s not just about railroading. It’s about pretty much any industry. You can’t really take a break for 10, 15, 20, 30, 40 years and expect to be able to perform at the highest level and compete against the countries that are sort of in the lead in those things.
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