Alon Levy
Mathematician turned transport researcher, a fellow at NYU's Marron Institute and a lead of the Transit Costs Project, which compares what it costs to build rail in different countries. Writes Pedestrian Observations.
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Believed beforeby their own account
Their words, looking backThe theory that common law leads to higher costs, based on high costs across the US, Singapore, the UK, Australia, Canada, India, and Bangladesh. I no longer believe this theory holds up
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Our readingNo longer believes this.
Their wordsin the developed world, important edge cases disagree with the theory, including Quebec (expensive) and Israel (about average)
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Believed beforeby their own account
Their words, looking backBut recently, I started thinking more carefully about operating costs, and wrote this post about peak-to-base ratios. I no longer think peak-to-base frequency ratios higher than 1 are supportable.
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Our readingNo longer believes this.
Their wordsThe marginal labor cost of midday service when there’s a prominent peak is very low