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Why are subways in the U.S. so expensive?

by Ben Bradford

Apr 11, 2019

American cities pay a mysterious premium for underground rail lines.

Construction workers at New York's Second Avenue subway project site in 2014. The 1.8-mile project cost an estimated $4.5 billion, an average cost of $2.5 per mile.

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