tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post3684737765766847544..comments2024-03-02T09:41:35.809-08:00Comments on Donkeylicious - A Blog by Neil Sinhababu and Nicholas Beaudrot: Infrastructure Turnaround TimesNeil Sinhababuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-6283360801369438412012-05-17T23:30:40.292-07:002012-05-17T23:30:40.292-07:00A couple of years away, and permanently barred fro...A couple of years away, and permanently barred from carrying trains on it. The cost of making the bridge worse for ordinary users: $6 billion, only 9 times the original cost estimate.<br /><br />Amazingly, a lot of people think that high-speed rail is a boondoggle because costs doubled and more roads are going to solve every problem.Alonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267294744186811858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-57157782473580238922012-05-17T21:27:52.058-07:002012-05-17T21:27:52.058-07:00Eleven years til some kind of benefit is visible i...Eleven years til some kind of benefit is visible is bad -- but think of the shame of the San Francisco Bay Area. THE essential bridge in the area fell down in the earthquake of 1989. Though patched up "temporarily" we now know for sure that 1) another major earthquake will happen and 2) a new bridge is still, 23 years later, a couple of years away, at best.janinsanfranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.com