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New and Old #199

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Addison Del Mastro
Jan 31, 2025
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NIMBYs and Bad Faith Procedure Almost Killed the New York City Subway, Maximum New York, Daniel Golliher, November 22, 2024

Remember the old days when a project was announced, and then it happened?

Not quite:

Building the subway was not easy, and it was constantly in danger of being killed. It was not as simple as “government decides to build the subway, a…

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