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It happens in many cities. The need is realized, the station is built, and then demographics change and the station is no longer needed. Or a budget is axed due to outside influances and a plan is abandoned.
Philadelphia had a station built but never used. Tracks never came within 5 miles of the station. It also has several stations that have been shutdown because population move.
NYC has many stations that are no longer used
Cincinnati has a whole subway system that was built but never used.
It happens.
You want to see a real waste of money - check out the 9 Billion spent on an abandoned nuclear plant.
It happens in many cities. The need is realized, the station is built, and then demographics change and the station is no longer needed. Or a budget is axed due to outside influances and a plan is abandoned.
Philadelphia had a station built but never used. Tracks never came within 5 miles of the station. It also has several stations that have been shutdown because population move.
NYC has many stations that are no longer used
Cincinnati has a whole subway system that was built but never used.
It happens.
Govt makes errors like this because: A) its decisions are political in nature (i.e. spend the money in areas to get the most votes). B) The govt has no idea where to allocate resources because it doesn't operate with the neccesary profit and loss signals to do so. C)The various depts get a budget which is made up of gobs of money just taken from people and it must all be spent or the dept will get less the following year. D) Its for the most part unaccountable and thus corrupt "my brother in law has some property he cant get rid off, lets buy it from him and put a station there"
Now in a private business tell your boss (or a group of investors) you just made a $400 million dollar error and I doubt the response is gonna be "it happens".
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There is a trend of building streetcars now just because the government is (or was under Obama) giving grants to promote them. Biggest waste of tax money there is. Why not just run a bus route?
There is a trend of building streetcars now just because the government is (or was under Obama) giving grants to promote them. Biggest waste of tax money there is. Why not just run a bus route?
I never knew anything about this. Chicago wasted $400 million on an unfinished subway superstation which is locked up and dark and which will almost certainly never run. The taxpayers and the riders of the CTA will be paying for this project for the next 20 years.
"It was definitely something that was ill conceived, ill planned, that was premature in beginning construction," says the Civic Federation’s Lawrence Msall. “It’s hard to come up with a description of that kind of incompetence.”
"It’s absolutely wacko," says Greg Hinz, political writer at Crain’s Chicago Business. "Somebody in power wanted it, so they did it."
They need to find out who in power wanted it, make sure they are fired and find out which others were involved and fire them too.
This went down under former Mayor Richard Daley’s leadership. Neither he or any CTA officials involved continue to be employed by the city. Most however, have a nice pension/ retirement medical benefit.
Chicago had a record 55 million overnight visitors last year. They spend incredible amounts of money on hotels, dining, shopping and entertainment. Bon Appetit named Chicago “ best restaurant city in America”.
There is a train that goes to OHare. It’s primarily used by locals and OHare employees. It is basic public transportation.
I never knew anything about this. Chicago wasted $400 million on an unfinished subway superstation which is locked up and dark and which will almost certainly never run. The taxpayers and the riders of the CTA will be paying for this project for the next 20 years.
"It was definitely something that was ill conceived, ill planned, that was premature in beginning construction," says the Civic Federation’s Lawrence Msall. “It’s hard to come up with a description of that kind of incompetence.”
"It’s absolutely wacko," says Greg Hinz, political writer at Crain’s Chicago Business. "Somebody in power wanted it, so they did it."
The government can do no wrong and are all knowing and all caring. That is why we should turn the responsibility for every American (no, every person in the world since we're embracing criminal aliens) over to the whims of government bureaucrats.
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