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		kylehotchkiss on April 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Barriers would make the New York City subway safer I bet a lot of middle income countries around the world could install multiple subway systems for that price tag. With security gates.

rayiner on April 6, 2024 | [–]

Not even middle income. Copenhagen recently built a 10 mile long city circle line with 17 stations (opened 2019) for about $3.3 billion.

oldnetguy on April 6, 2024 | [–]

I bet a lot of them do not have governments that bend a knee to the kind of labor union interests that they have in New York.

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