What Alon Levy thinks about government

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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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1. 12 Jan 2023

   Our readingGiving a profligate transit agency more political support makes it worse, because it confirms that spending more is what gets rewarded.

   Their wordsJust giving more support to agencies in their current configuration is not going to help. To the contrary, it only confirms that profligacy gets rewarded.

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